Suaqui Grande is a town in
Suaqui Grande Municipality, in the eastern region of the
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 sepa ...
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 Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...
. It was founded in 1620 by the missionary
Martín Burgencio.
The main economic activities are cattle raising, growing of grass for cattle feed and
subsistence agriculture
Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no su ...
.
External links
Suaqui Grande, Ayuntamiento Digital''(Official Website of Suaqui Grande, Sonora)''
''(Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)''
{{Sonora
Populated places in Sonora