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Bacerac
Bacerac is a town in Bacerac Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is situated in the northeast of the state and the municipality has boundaries with Bavispe Municipality in the north, with Huachinera in the south, with the state of Chihuahua in the east, and with the municipalities of Nacozari de García and Villa Hidalgo in the west. The municipal seat lies at an elevation of 1,432 meters above sea level. The area of the municipality is 1,275.8 km2. and the total population was 1,342 in 2005. Most of the inhabitants lived in the municipal seat. The population has been diminishing since 1995 when it was 1,535. Causes are the lack of employment and the absence of middle-level schools for families to better educate their children The territory once was occupied by the Opata Indians. In 1645, the Jesuit missionary Cristóbal García founded a settlement to which he gave the name of Santa María de Bacerac, which is derived from the Opata language Ópata (also Teg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacerac Municipality
Bacerac (municipality) is a municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... References {{coord, 30.2976, N, 108.8168, W, source:wikidata, display=title Municipalities of Sonora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 municipalities; the capital (and largest) city of which being Hermosillo, located in the center of the state. Other large cities include Ciudad Obregón, Nogales, Sonora, Nogales (on the Mexico–United States border, Mexico-United States border), San Luis Río Colorado, and Navojoa. Sonora is bordered by the states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua to the east, Baja California to the northwest and Sinaloa to the south. To the north, it shares the Mexico–United States border, U.S.–Mexico border primarily with the state of Arizona with a small length with New Mexico, and on the west has a significant share of the coastline of the Gulf of California. Sonora's natural geography is divided into three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nacozari De García
Nacozari de García is a small mining town surrounded by the Nacozari de García Municipality in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. Geography The municipal seat had a population of 11,193 in 2000. It is located at an elevation of 1,040 meters. The municipal area is 3,069.52 km² with a population of 14,363 registered in 2000. The land is mountainous and is part of the spurs of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. There is a reservoir La Angostura, which dams up the Río Bavispe. Communications The municipal seat and main settlement is on Mexican Federal Highway 17, Federal Highway 17, which connects Agua Prieta with Hermosillo. The distance to Agua Prieta is 123 kilometers. It is also on the railroad that connects with Agua Prieta. There is a small airport for light aircraft. History Nacozari, as we know it, began with the discovery of mines in 1660. The first settlement was called Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Nacozari and was founded as part of the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entrada A Bacerac
Entrada is a Spanish or Portuguese word meaning ''entry'' and may refer to: *Entrada Sandstone, a geological formation spread across Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah *Entradas, a town in Castro Verde, Portugal *La Entrada, a town in Honduras *La Entrada al Pacífico, a trade corridor between Mexico and the United States *Entrada (Fringe), "Entrada" (''Fringe''), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican State
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate entity that is not formally a state). States are further divided into municipalities of Mexico, municipalities. Mexico City is divided in boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs, officially designated as or , similar to other state's municipalities but with different administrative powers. List ''Mexico's post agency, Correos de México, does not offer an official list of state name abbreviations, and as such, they are not included below. A list of Mexican states and several versions of their abbreviations can be found Template:Mexico State-Abbreviation Codes, here.'' } , style="text-align: center;" , ''Coahuila de Zaragoza'' , , style="text-align: center;" colspan=2 , Saltillo , style="text-align: right;" , , style="text-align ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bavispe Municipality
Bavispe (municipality) is a municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 1,723 km2. Demographics As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 1,454. The municipality has 12 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Bavispe Bavispe is a small town and a municipality in the northeast part of the Mexican state of Sonora. Location The municipality is located in the northeast of the state at . The elevation of the administrative seat is 902 meters above sea level. It ... (701), classified as urban; and San Miguelito (456), La Mora (218), La Galerita (64), La Vega Azul (5), Oaxaca (3), Los Caballos (2), La Galera (1), Tasabiri (1), El Fuste (1) and Las Cuevas (1), classified as rural. References Municipalities of Sonora {{Sonora-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huachinera
Huachinera is the municipal seat of Huachinera Municipality in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is , with a population of 1,147 registered in 2000. It was founded as Juan Evangelista de Huachinera in 1645 by the Spanish missionary Cristóbal García. The land now occupied by the municipality was once the home of the Ópata Indians. The land is mainly mountainous, and the main settlement lies at an elevation of . Peaks reach the height of . The average annual temperature is and the average annual rainfall is . Agriculture and cattle raising are the two main economic activities. Corn and beans are raised for subsistence while grasses are grown for cattle fodder. The cattle herd had 15,457 head in 2000, and calves are exported to the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chihuahua (state)
Chihuahua (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is located in northwestern Mexico, and is bordered by the states of Sonora to the west, Sinaloa to the southwest, Durango to the south, and Coahuila to the east. To the north and northeast, it shares an extensive border with the U.S. adjacent to the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas. Its capital city is Chihuahua City; the largest city is Ciudad Juárez. Although Chihuahua is primarily identified with its namesake, the Chihuahuan Desert, it has more forests than any other state in Mexico, aside from Durango. Due to its variant climate, the state has a large variety of fauna and flora. The state is mostly characterized by rugged mountainous terrain and wide river valleys. The Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range, part of the continental spine that also inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa Hidalgo, Sonora
Villa Hidalgo Municipality is a municipality, in the north-east of the Mexican state of Sonora. Municipal seat It was founded by the Jesuit missionary Marcos del Río in 1644 as (San Ignacio de) Oputo. On 1 April 1967 the State Congress ordered that it change its name from Oputo to its current name in honor of Mexican patriot Miguel Hidalgo Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican .... Area The municipal area is 951.17 km2. Population The population was 1,986 inhabitants (2.05 inhab./km2) in 2000. Economy The main economic activities are agriculture and cattle raising. References * External linksVilla Hidalgo, Sonora''(Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)'' {{Sonora Municipalities of Sonora 1644 establishments in the Spanish Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opata
The Opata (written Ópata in Spanish, pronounced with stress on the first syllable: /ˈopata/) are three indigenous peoples of Mexico. Opata territory, the “Opatería” in Spanish, encompasses the mountainous northeast and central part of the state of Sonora, extending to near the border with the United States. Most Opatan towns were situated in river valleys and had an economy based on irrigated agriculture. In the 16th century, when they first met the Spanish explorers, the Opata were the most numerous people in Sonora. Today, some people continue to identify as Opatas and are working to restore aspects of pre-contact Opata culture, and revitalize Opata identity. Some sources indicate that as an identifiable ethnic group, the Opata and their language are now extinct, or nearly extinct. Subgroups At the time of the first contact with the Spanish in the 16th century there were multiple sub-groups of Opata people. However, by the mid 17th century the Spanish identified only th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesuit
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Cristóbal García
Cristóbal or Cristobal, the Spanish version of Christopher, is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name *Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish fashion designer *Cristóbal Cobo (born 1976), Chilean academic *Cristóbal Colón Ruiz (born 1954), Puerto Rican politician *Cristóbal de Morales (1500–1553), Spanish composer *Cristóbal de Olid (1487–1524), Spanish conquistador *Cristóbal Halffter (1930–2021), Spanish composer *Cristóbal Lander (born 1978), Venezuelan actor and model * Cristóbal López (other), multiple people *Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869–1927), Mexican martyr and Catholic saint * Cristóbal Márquez Crespo (born 1984), Cuban association football player known as simply Cristóbal *Cristóbal Mendoza (1772–1829), Venezuelan president *Cristóbal Oudrid (1825–1877), Spanish composer *Cristóbal Orellana (born 1983), Mexican actor and singer *Cristóbal Parralo (born 1967), Cuban association football player kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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