Tubutama is a town in
Tubutama Municipality
Tubutama Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of 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 ...
, in the north-west of the
Mexican state of
Sonora.
Eusebio Kino,
SJ, founded
Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama
Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama is located in Tubutama, Sonora and was first founded in 1691 by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino.
Father Antonio de los Reyes on 6 July 1772 submitted a report on the condition of the missions in the Upp ...
in 1691. Tubutama was the headquarters of religious administration for the entire
Pimería Alta during much of the
Jesuit and
Franciscan period of Spanish colonial rule.
The municipal area is , and the population was 1,798 in 2005. The main economic activities are cattle raising (11,000 head in 2005) and subsistence farming.
See also
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Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama
Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama is located in Tubutama, Sonora and was first founded in 1691 by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino.
Father Antonio de los Reyes on 6 July 1772 submitted a report on the condition of the missions in the Upp ...
External links
Tubutama, Ayuntamiento Digital''(Official Website of Tubutama, Sonora)''
''(Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)''
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Populated places in Sonora
Populated places in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico