Vícam is a town in the Mexican state of

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located in the municipal of Guaymas. It is one of the main settlements of the Yaqui people. Historically, the Yaqui also ranged through what is now the American Southwest, and there is a federally recognized tribe in the United States state of

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History

Vícam is one of the eight mission villages in which the Yaqui were settled in the early seventeenth century by Spanish

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missionaries, along with , , Bácum, Cócorit, , Benem, and Rahum. Today it is the second largest settlement in the municipality of Guaymas, and one of the main Yaqui settlements. Vícam hosted the Meeting of the Indigenous People of the Americas from October 11–14, 2007. Hundreds of people, few wearing face masks or keeping a healthy distance, attended the “Gran Bailazo 2021” featuring Norteño and dancing in Vícam on January 16–17, 2021 during the

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. No one was charged, and another event is planned on February 13. Sonora is on Orange Alert and Mexico is experiencing the fourth highest levels of COVID-19 infections in the world.

Description and demographics

Vícam is located in the south end of the ''municipio'' and at an altitude of 10 meters above sea level. Federal Highway 15 connects it to the north with Guaymas and Hermosillo, and to the south with

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and Navojoa. According to the Census of Population and Housing conducted in 2005 by the

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, the total population of Vícam is 8,578, 4,207 of whom are men and 4,371 of whom are women.

References

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