| Official Name: | San Miguel de Horcasitas |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sonora |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | San Miguel de Horcasitas |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1749 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Municipality |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Demonym |
| Timezone: | Pacific (US Mountain) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | No DST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
San Miguel de Horcasitas is a town in San Miguel de Horcasitas Municipality, in the Mexican state of Sonora. San Miguel is located in the center of the state at an elevation of 518 meters.
The town was founded as a Spanish Spanish; Castilian: [[presidio]], and named for the viceroy of New Spain, Juan Francisco de Güemes. From 1749 to 1777, it was the provincial capital of Sonora.[1]
In 1814 it became a town (ayuntamiento), one of the first in the state.
The economy is based on cattle raising and subsistence agriculture.