Basúchil (Bajichi), water well in the Raramuri Language,
[Domínguez, R. C. (2006). Basúchil. Chihuahua, México: Ediciones Del Azar A. C.] is a town in the
municipality of Guerrero,
State of Chihuahua
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 Mex ...
,
Mexico
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. It was founded in 1649 as a presidio to protect the jesuit mission in the Tarahumara Papigochi region a few miles to the west, now Cd. Guerrero.
[Terrazas, Z. M. (2005). Memoria del Papigóchic: siglos XVII y XVIII. Chihuahua, Chih.: Kosmos.] Basúchil was initially named La Villa de Aguilar by his founde
Diego Guajardo Fajardogovernor of the New Vizcaya, New Spain. In 1652 the town was destroyed and its inhabitants assassinated by an attack incited by the lider Tarahumara , years later it was resettled and renamed Basúchil.
[Whitt, E. B., & Brondo, M. A. (2008). Los Patriarcas del Papigochi. Chihuahua, Chih: La Prensa.] The Adolfo Lopez Mateos-Madera Highway (Route 16) passes on the east side.
Abraham González, later governor of Chihuahua, was born in Basúchil in 1864.
[de Martinez, Irene Brandtner y Nava (2008) "Chihuahua Governor Abraham González, a Descendant of New Mexicans" ''La Herencia'' 58: p. 34] Ángel González, the ''
ranchera
Ranchera () or canción ranchera is a genre of traditional music of Mexico. It dates to before the years of the Mexican Revolution. Rancheras today are played in virtually all regional Mexican music styles. Drawing on rural traditional folk music ...
'' composer best known for his seminal narcocorrido, "Contrabando y Traición," lived most of his life in Basúchil.
[Wald, Elijah (2002) "Chapter 1: The Father of Camelia: Ángel González''Narcocorrido: a journey into the music of drugs, guns, and guerrillas'' Rayo, New York]
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Economy
In the twenty century Mennonites from the area of Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua introduced apple trees, becoming one of the main industries of the region also, corn, beans, and potatoes are cultivated throughout the region.
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External links
Photographs of Basúchilat Pueblos America
Guarnición de soldados en la villa de Aguilarat Archivo General de Indias
Pacificación de tarahumarasat Archivo General de Indias
Video AgostoBasúchil Monsoon Season
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Populated places in Chihuahua (state)
Populated places established in 1640
1640 establishments in the Spanish Empire