Cananea | |
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| Heroica Ciudad de Cananea | |
 View of Cananea | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Ciudad del Cobre (Copper City) | |
 Municipality of Cananea in Sonora | |
  Cananea City of Cananea | |
| Coordinates: 30°58′55″N 110°18′02″W / 30.98194°N 110.30056°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Sonora |
| Municipality | Cananea |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager Government |
| • Mayor of Cananea | Eduardo Quiroga Jiménez Independent-Nonpartisan  |
| Elevation | 1,620 m (5,310 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 31,560 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (No DST observed) |
| Postal code | 84620 - 84635 |
| Area code | 645 |
| Demonym | Cananense |
| Website | www.cananea.gob.mx |
Cananea is a city in the Mexican state of Sonora, Northwestern Mexico. It is the seat of the Municipality of Cananea, in the vicinity of the U.S−Mexico border.
The population of the city was 31,560 as recorded by the 2010 census. The population of the municipality, which includes rural areas, was 32,936. The total area of the municipality is approximately 4,100 square kilometres (1,600 sq mi).