Etchojoa is the seat of

Etchojoa Municipality Etchojoa is one of the seventy-two municipalities in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located in the southern part of the state, in the Mayo Valley area and on the coast of the Gulf of California. Its municipal seat and most inhabited town is ...

. Founded in 1613, Etchojoa is located in the southwest of the

Mexican state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...

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 ...

. It is situated at . The total municipal area is 1,220.23 km².

History

Etchojoa was founded about 1614 as a

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mission by the name of Espíritu Santo Etchojoa.

Population

Etchojoa had a population of 56,129 in 2000, according to the official census. Neighboring municipalities are

Navojoa Navojoa is the fifth-largest city in the northern Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Sonora and is situated in the southern part of the state. The city is the administrative seat of Navojoa Municipality, located in the Mayo River (Mexico), ...

Huatabampo Huatabampo () is a city in Huatabampo Municipality in the state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is situated on the Gulf of California, near the mouth of the Mayo River. It is located at latitude . Huatabampo is southwest of Navojoa via ...

and

Cajeme Cajeme is one of the 72 Municipalities of Mexico, municipalities of the northwestern List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Sonora. It is named after Cajemé, a Yaqui people, Yaqui leader. The municipality has an area of 3,312.05 km2 (1 ...

. Etchojoa has a large indigenous population made up of the Mayo Indians, almost 20% of the population in 2000. The municipality sits in the Valle Mayo (Mayo Valley), named for the Río Mayo, a vital source for irrigation.

Economy

The economy is based primarily on agriculture, with over 800 km² irrigated throughout the municipality in 2000. Fifty percent of the land is part of the

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system. Wheat, soy, corn, and citrus fruit are the most important crops.

Media

XEETCH-AM XEETCH-AM (''La Voz de los Tres Ríos'' – "The Voice of the Three Rivers") is an Indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish, Mayo, Yaqui and Guarijio from Etchojoa in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is run by the Cultural ...

, a government-run

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that broadcasts in Mayo,

Yaqui The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are an Indigenous people of Mexico and Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe, who speak the Yaqui language, a Uto-Aztecan language. Their primary homelands are in Río Yaqui valley in the no ...

and Guarijio, is based in Etchojoa.

References

External links

Etchojoa, Ayuntamiento Digital
''(Official Website of Etchojoa, Sonora)'' {{Authority control Missions in Sonora