Bacerac is a town in
Bacerac Municipality
Bacerac is a municipality in the state of Sonora in north-western Mexico
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in the
Mexican state
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of
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de 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 divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
.
Geography
Bacerac is situated in the northeast of the state and the municipality has boundaries with
Bavispe Municipality
Bavispe is a municipality in the state of Sonora in north-western Mexico
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in the north, with
Huachinera Huachinera is the municipal seat of Huachinera Municipality in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. 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 Spa ...
in the south, with the state of
Chihuahua in the east, and with the municipalities of
Nacozari de García
Nacozari de García is a small mining town in the northeast of the List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Sonora. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
Geography
The municipal seat had a populatio ...
and
Villa Hidalgo in the west. The municipal seat lies at an elevation of 1,432 meters above sea level.
The area of the municipality is 1,275.8 km
2.
Climate
Population
The total population was 1,019 in 2020. Most of the inhabitants lived in the municipal seat.
The population has been diminishing since 1995 when it was 1,535. Causes are the lack of employment and the absence of middle-level schools for families to better educate their children.
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The territory once was occupied by the Opata people
The Opata (, /ˈopata/) are an Indigenous people in Mexico. Opata territory, the "Opatería" in Spanish, encompasses the mountainous northeast and central part of the state of Sonora, extending to near the border with the United States. Historica ...
. In 1645, the Jesuit
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missionary Cristóbal García
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Given name
*Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish fashion designer
*Cristóbal Cobo (born 1976), Chilean academic
* Cr ...
founded a settlement to which he gave the name of Santa María de Bacerac, which is derived from the Opata language
Ópata (also Tegüima, Teguima, Tehuima, Tehui, Jova, Joval, Tonichi, Sonori and Ure; ) is either of two closely related Uto-Aztecan languages, ''Teguima'' and '' Eudeve'', spoken by the Opata people of northern central Sonora in Mexico and South ...
and means "place where water is seen".
Economy
Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy and the crops are destined to support the occupation of cattle raising, the herd consisting of approximately 10,000 head of cows.
References
INEGIEnciclopedia de los Municipios de MexicoGobierno de Sonora: BaceracMap of Sonora
External links
Bacerac, Ayuntamiento Digital
''(Official WebSite of Bacerac, Sonora)''
Statistics on BaceracMap of Bcae
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Missions in Sonora
Jesuit history in North America