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Mayo

1533 – present
Native nationNorth America

Yoreme farmers of the Río Mayo and Río Fuerte floodplains in southern Sonora and northern Sinaloa, today one of the largest Indigenous nations of northwest Mexico.

The Mayo remain Sonora's largest Indigenous people; the ~1,000 Comcaac hold communal title to Tiburón Island.

Borders in 2026 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Mayo — the shape you scrub through changes in 1533 · 1740.

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