Huachinera is the municipal seat of
Huachinera Municipality in the northeast of the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate en ...
of
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 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 72 municipalities; the ...
. 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
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. There is one mine, Santa Gertrudis, which has brought employment to the region.
References
External links
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico
Populated places in Sonora
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