Atil (also Átil) is a small town in
Atil Municipality
Atil (municipality) is a municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is ...
in the northwest of the
Mexican state of
Sonora. The total area is 400.43 km² and the population of the municipality was 734 in 2005, of whom 699 lived in the municipal seat (2000). Neighboring municipalities are
Tubutama
Tubutama is a town in Tubutama Municipality, in the north-west of the Mexican state of Sonora. Eusebio Kino, SJ, founded Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama in 1691. Tubutama was the headquarters of religious administration for the enti ...
,
Trincheras
Trincheras is a town in Trincheras Municipality, in the north-west of the Mexican state of Sonora. It was founded in 1775 by Bernardo de Urrea. The municipal area is 3,764.26 km2. and the population in 2000 was 1,788. The main economic ac ...
,
Oquitoa
Oquitoa is a small town surrounded by Oquitoa Municipality in the northwest of the Mexican state of Sonora.
History
It was founded in 1689 by the Jesuit missionary: Eusebio Kino
Eusebio Francisco Kino ( it, Eusebio Francesco Chini, es, ...
, and
Altar
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.
It was founded in 1751 by the
Jesuit missionary
Jacobo Sedelmayer as a mission with the name of Atil. The first inhabitants were Pima Alto or Nebome Indians, who before conversion had led a nomadic or semi-nomadic life.
Atil is one of the smallest municipalities in the state. It is said that its name means
"Arrow Point", in the Pima language.
The terrain is desert and mostly flat. Summer temperatures average 25.6 °C but daytime extremes are frequently above 40 °C. The winter average is 12.8 °C.
There is one tarmacked road crossing the municipality linking
Altar
An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in paga ...
with
Tubutama
Tubutama is a town in Tubutama Municipality, in the north-west of the Mexican state of Sonora. Eusebio Kino, SJ, founded Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama in 1691. Tubutama was the headquarters of religious administration for the enti ...
. There are several dirt roads crossing the desert.
The economy is based on agriculture with lands irrigated by the Cuautémoc Reservoir located in the north of the municipality. There is also cattle raising.
References
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Other sources
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de MexicoInstituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografia, e Informática (INEGI)
External links
Atil, Ayuntamiento Digital
''(Official WebSite of Atil, Sonora)''
See also
* Santa Teresa de Atil
Populated places in Sonora
Populated places in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico
Populated places established in 1751
1751 establishments in New Spain