Bácum is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of southwestern

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de 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 ...

, in northwestern

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. The population was 23,151 in 2020https://www.inegi.org.mx/programas/ccpv/2020/.

Geography

The municipality of Bácum is located in one of the two valleys of the

Yaqui River The Yaqui River (Río Yaqui in Spanish) (Hiak Vatwe in the Yaqui or Yoreme language) is a river in the state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico. It was formerly known as the Rio del Norte. Being the largest river system in the state of Sonora, th ...

. The area of the municipality is 1,409.7 km² (544.3 mi²) It is bounded by the municipalities of

Cajeme Cajeme is one of the 72 Municipalities of Mexico, municipalities of the northwestern List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Sonora. It is named after Cajemé, a Yaqui people, Yaqui leader. The municipality has an area of 3,312.05 km2 (1 ...

in the east and

Guaymas Guaymas () is a city in Guaymas Municipality, in the southwest part of the List of states of Mexico, state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. The city is south of the state capital of Hermosillo, and from the Mexico – United States border, U.S. ...

in the west — and the

Gulf of California The Gulf of California (), also known as the Sea of Cortés (''Mar de Cortés'') or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (''Mar Vermejo''), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from ...

in the south. ;Municipal seat The municipal seat is the town of

Bácum Bácum is a small city and the county seat of Bácum Municipality, located in the south of the Mexican state of Sonora at . It is one of eight mission villages founded in the early seventeenth century by colonial Spanish Jesuit missionaries for t ...

. The municipality lies next to the large urban center of

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 country's U.S.� ...

in Cajeme.

Yaqui Indians

The indigenous community is very large, with more than 9,000 residents identified as

Yaqui The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are an Indigenous people of Mexico and Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe, who speak the Yaqui language, a Uto-Aztecan language. Their primary homelands are in Río Yaqui valley in the no ...

in the 2000 censu

Economy

The municipality's main economic activity is intensive agriculture, with more than 300 square kilometers under

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has bee ...

by canal. The Yaqui River's water is used for irrigation in a system of canals. The main crops are wheat, corn, soybeans, barley, cotton, and garden vegetables, as well as seasonal crops such as alfalfa and some fruits. The coastline in the south is long. Some fishing is practiced. Industries are small, and consist chiefly of packing houses for vegetables and liquid fertilizer production.

References

Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geografia, e InformáticaEnciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacum Municipalities of Sonora

Geography

Yaqui Indians

Economy

See also

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