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Mayos De Navojoa Players
The Mayo or ''Yoreme'' are an indigenous group in Mexico, living in the northern states of southern Sonora, northern Sinaloa and small settlements in Durango. Mayo people originally lived near the Mayo River and Fuerte River valleys. The Mayo sustain themselves mainly by agriculture and fishing, but also create artwork and crafts. Name In their own language, they call themselves Yoreme. The term ''Mayo'' means "the people of the river bank" and comes from the Mayo River. Language The Mayo language belongs to the Cahita branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. It is closely related to Yaqui and it is spoken by approximately 40,000 people (Ethnologue 1995 census). Culture They own traditional authorities, who are elected by vote and their hierarchy is respected on par with the Mexican civil laws. The earliest inhabitants of this region hunted, fished, and gathered plants. They gradually developed an agricultural technique that allowed them to settle in various communit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenas Mayos
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European colonization of the Americas, European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples. Many Indigenous peoples of the Americas were traditionally hunter-gatherers and many, especially in the Amazon basin, still are, but many groups practiced aquaculture and agriculture. While some societies depended heavily on agriculture, others practiced a mix of farming, hunting, and gathering. In some regions, the Indigenous peoples created monumental architecture, large-scale organized cities, city-states, chiefdoms, State (polity), states, Realm, kingdoms, republics, Confederation, confederacies, and empires. Some had varying degrees of knowledge of engineering, architecture, mathematics, astronomy, writing, physics, medicine, planting and irrigation, geology, mining, metallurgy, sculpture, and gold smithing. Many parts of the Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apaches
The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño and Janero), Salinero, Plains (Kataka or Semat or "Kiowa-Apache") and Western Apache ( Aravaipa, Pinaleño, Coyotero, Tonto). Distant cousins of the Apache are the Navajo, with whom they share the Southern Athabaskan languages. There are Apache communities in Oklahoma and Texas, and reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. Apache people have moved throughout the United States and elsewhere, including urban centers. The Apache Nations are politically autonomous, speak several different languages, and have distinct cultures. Historically, the Apache homelands have consisted of high mountains, sheltered and watered valleys, deep canyons, deserts, and the southern Great Plains, including areas in what is now Eastern Arizona, Northern Mexico (Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonia Soto, Sonora
Colonia Soto is a rural community located in Etchojoa Municipality, Sonora, 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 .... It had a population of 429 inhabitants at the 2010 census, and is situated at an elevation of 10 meters above sea level. References Populated places in Sonora {{Sonora-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacobampo
Bacobampo is a town in Etchojoa Municipality in the state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is situated on the west bank of the Mayo River, 20 km south of Huatabampo and 25 km southwest of Navajoa. It is an agricultural town, surrounded by fields. According to the 2010 INEGI census, the town's population was 8,539 inhabitants, making it the second most populated settlement in the municipality. History The Mayo people have continuously inhabited the valley since pre-Hispanic times. The name Bacobampo comes from the local Mayo language, meaning "Baco" (Snake) + "Bampo" (Water), or "Snake in/near the Water". The original name of the settlement was Cumbrocoa or Cumbrocobe, but was changed to its current name in 1895 – when the Mayo River would dry up, the natives noticed snakes in the puddles left behind. In 1903, the Salido brothers arrived from Álamos and began working the land. Two years later, the settlement classification of Bacobampo was upgraded from ''ranchería'' t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etchojoa Municipality
Etchojoa 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 .... As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 60,717. References {{coord, 27.0177, N, 109.6654, W, source:wikidata, display=title Municipalities of Sonora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cócorit
Cócorit is a town located in the municipality of Cajeme in the southern part of the Mexican state of Sonora. The name of the town is derived from the Yaqui (Yoem noki, or Hiak noki) word for a chili pepper, ''ko'oko'i.'' Cócorit and the municipality of Cajeme are within the Yaqui River Valley. The ''comisario municipal'' ("municipal commissioner") of Cajeme is Ing. Arturo Soto Valenzuela. Cócorit reported a 2005 census population of 7,953 inhabitants, and is the fifth-largest town in the municipality of Cajeme (after Ciudad Obregón, Esperanza, Pueblo Yaqui, and Tobarito). History Yaqui resistance The town was founded in 1617 by the Spanish Jesuit missionaries Andrés Pérez de Ribas and Tomás Basilio, although the Spanish inhabitants were eventually forced to leave by the Yaqui native population of the area. In 1835 the town was reestablished, this time in an independent Mexico; the town was a dependency of the municipio of Buenavista. In 1867, the governor of Sonora ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciudad Obregón
Ciudad Obregón is a city in southern Sonora. It is the state's second largest city after Hermosillo and serves as the municipal seat of Cajeme, as of 2020, the city has a population of 436,484. Ciudad Obregón is south of the state's northern border. History The city, previously named Cajeme, takes its name from Mexican Revolutionary Álvaro Obregón, a native of nearby Huatabampo, Sonora. Álvaro Obregón became president of Mexico after the Revolution and initiated an "agricultural revolution" in the Yaqui Valley, introducing modern agricultural techniques and making this valley one of the most prosperous agricultural regions in the country. Renowned US agronomist Dr. Norman Borlaug, the architect of the "Green Revolution" worked here after successful developments in increasing the resistance of wheat. For his efforts he was later awarded the Nobel Prize. The origins of this city date back to the year 1906 when the company's rail track South Pacific Railway reached this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cajeme
Cajeme is one of the 72 municipalities of the northwestern state of Sonora, Mexico. It is named after Cajemé, a Yaqui leader. The municipality has an area of 3,312.05 km2 (1,278.79 sq mi) and with a population of 433,050 inhabitants as of 2015. History Yaqui tribes settled in the region at approximately 1100 and in 1533 had the first contact with the Spanish conquistadors, when Diego de Guzmán arrived at the Yaqui region. The Yaquis defeated the Spanish army. In the 17th century Jesuit missionaries visited the zone to evangelize the Yaqui natives in 1617. In 1619, one of the missionaries, Martín Burgencio founded the villa of Buenavista and later the villa of Cumuripa. In 1715 El Realito was founded, which is located in the northern region of the current municipio). In the 19th century agriculture developed at the villas of Cumuripa, Buenavista and Cócorit. Buenavista was the site for the military base of San Carlos de Buenavista during the Spanish colony. It was con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benito Juárez Municipality, Sonora
Benito Juárez is one of the 72 municipalities ''(municipios)'' of the Mexican state of Sonora. It borders with the municipio of Cajeme. The municipal seat is Villa Juárez. History The region was settled in the 1940s after the construction of the Angostura Dam and 151 members of the government division of irrigation were given land in the Mayo Valley in place of what would have been compensation with cash. In 1943 the ex-employees settled in a place they later appropriately named "Colonia Irrigación" ("Irrigation Colony") and later it became dependent on the town ( comisaría) Bacobampo until it itself became a town in 1947. In 1957 "Colonia Irrigación" was renamed as Villa Juárez (after president Benito Juárez). Another settlement in the region was called "Sube y Baja" ("up and down") populated by indigenous inhabitants. In 1996 the region was incorporated into a municipality with the name of Benito Juárez. Before this time the town was part of Etchojoa Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Salado, Álamos Municipality, Sonora
El Salado, is a town in Álamos Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is south southeast of Álamos and northwest of El Fuerte, in Sinaloa. It lies on the left bank of the Rio Cuchujaqui Rio Cuchujaqui, Arroyo Cuchujaqui or Arroyo de Alamos, is a tributary river of the Fuerte River, in the Álamos Municipality of Sonora and in El Fuerte Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico. It has its source in the Sierra de Álamos a range in the Sier ... at an elevation of . Its population at the time of its last census was 83 persons, 47 males and 36 females. from mexico.pueblosamerica.com accessed March 18, 2019. References {{DEFAULTSORT:El Salado, Álamos Municipality, Sonora Populated ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álamos
Álamos () is a town in Álamos Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. Historically an important center of silver mining, the town's economy is now dominated by the tourist sector. Designated a ''pueblo mágico'' due to its architecture, the town is host to several arts festivals, most notably the Festival Cultural "Alfonso Ortíz Tirado". It also hosts the Alamos Alliance, a yearly summit of economic policy makers, academics and business leaders founded and led by Arnold Harberger that has led to the town being called the "Little Mexican Davos". Name The Municipality of Álamos derives its name from the ( poplar or cottonwood) tree. Several impressive specimens are found in one of its two principal plazas, the Alameda. The nearby hamlet, El Sabinito, located within the municipality, also derives its name from a tree, the ("Montezuma cypress"). History The area was named by the conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado. His expedition of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Álamos Municipality
Álamos Municipality is a municipality in south-western Sonora, Mexico. It includes the town of Álamos. It is one of the 72 municipalities of the Mexican state of Sonora, located in the southeastern part of the state. Its municipal seat is the magical town of Álamos. Other important localities are: San Bernardo, El Mocúzarit (Conicárit), Los Tanques, among others. There are also a number of communities with the presence of Guarijíos and Mayos indigenous peoples, such as Mesa Colorada, Guajaray, Bavícora, El Paso, and Basiroa. It was decreed an independent municipality in 1813, at the same time as another large number of municipalities, in the first political division of Sonora as a state, through the Spanish Constitution of Cádiz. At that time the municipality ceased to be part of the province of Sinaloa. According to the Population and Housing Census 2020 carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography The National Institute of Statistics and Geogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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