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The Mayo or ''Yoreme'' are an indigenous group in Mexico, living in the northern states of southern
Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of 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 d ...
, northern
Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...
and small settlements in
Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...
. Mayo people originally lived near the Mayo River and
Fuerte River The Fuerte River is a river in the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico. It flows from headwaters in the Sierra Madre Occidental to the Pacific Ocean in the Gulf of California. Course It begins at the junction of the Rio Verde (also called ...
valleys. The Mayo sustain themselves mainly by agriculture and fishing, but also create artwork and crafts.


Name

In their own language, they call themselves Yoreme. The term ''Mayo'' means "the people of the river bank" and comes from the Mayo River.


Language

The
Mayo language Mayo is an Uto-Aztecan language. It is spoken by about 40,000 people, the Mexican Mayo or ''Yoreme'' Indians, who live in the South of the Mexican state of Sonora and in the North of the neighboring state of Sinaloa. Under the General Law of Li ...
belongs to the Cahita branch of the
Uto-Aztecan language family Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztekan or (rarely in English) Uto-Nahuatl is a family of indigenous languages of the Americas, consisting of over thirty languages. Uto-Aztecan languages are found almost entirely in the Western United States and Mexico. The na ...
. It is closely related to
Yaqui The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are a Native American people of the southwest, who speak a Uto-Aztecan language. Their homelands include the Río Yaqui valley in Sonora, Mexico, and the area below the Gila River in Arizona, Southwestern United Stat ...
and it is spoken by approximately 40,000 people (Ethnologue 1995 census).


Culture

They own traditional authorities, who are elected by vote and their hierarchy is respected on par with the Mexican civil laws. The earliest inhabitants of this region hunted, fished, and gathered plants. They gradually developed an agricultural technique that allowed them to settle in various communities. On arrival of the
Spaniards Spaniards, or Spanish people, are a Romance peoples, Romance ethnic group native to Spain. Within Spain, there are a number of National and regional identity in Spain, national and regional ethnic identities that reflect the country's complex Hist ...
in the present-day states of Sonora and Sinaloa, the Mayos were part of an Indian confederacy with the
Apaches The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño and ...
,
Pima Pima or PIMA may refer to: People * Pima people, the Akimel O'odham, Indigenous peoples in Arizona (U.S.) and Sonora (Mexico) Places * Pima, Arizona, a town in Graham County * Pima County, Arizona * Pima Canyon, in the Santa Catalina Mountains ...
, and
Yaqui The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are a Native American people of the southwest, who speak a Uto-Aztecan language. Their homelands include the Río Yaqui valley in Sonora, Mexico, and the area below the Gila River in Arizona, Southwestern United Stat ...
. Their purpose was the joint defense of the invasion of other groups, mutual respect for their territory, and cultural exchange. Currently, most Mayo farm, often with advanced techniques. They fish and make handicrafts intended for use by the community. They build their
adobe Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for ''mudbrick''. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of e ...
or wood houses, depending on the climate and location.


Communities

The Mayo live in the following settlements:


Sonora

*
Álamos Municipality Álamos Municipality is a municipality in south-western Sonora, Mexico. It includes the town of Álamos. It is one of the 72 municipalities of the Mexican state of Sonora, located in the southeastern part of the state. Its municipal seat is the ma ...
(settlements of
Álamos Álamos () is a town in Álamos Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. Historically an important center of silver mining, the town's economy is now dominated by the tourist sector. Designated a ''pueblo mágico ...
, Anáhuac, Basiroa, California (Sector Cuatro), Cochibampo, Chorijoa, El Cajón del Sabino (El Cajón), El Carrizal, El Chato, El Chino (San Antonio de los Chinos), El Chirivo, El Mocúzarit, El Paso, El Remudadero, El Rincón Viejo,
El Salado EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
, El Zapote, Francisco Solís, La Cuesta del Carrizal, La Esperanza (Tetapochi), La Providencia, Las Mayas (La Granadita), Las Rastras, Los Camotes (San José del Palmar), Los Citahuis, Macoyahui, Mesa Colorada, Mexiquillo, Nacapule, Nahuibampo, Osabampo, Paredón, Rancho Seco, San Bernardo, San Ignacio, San Vicente, Sivilimora, Tapizuelas, Techobampo, Tóbari, Vado Cuate, and Yocogihua) * Benito Juárez Municipality (settlements of Aceitunitas (Sube y Baja), Agua Blanca, Almacén Bonfil, Batevito (Colonia Irrigación), Campo Aída Puertas, Campo Ballesteros, Campo Gutiérrez, Campo L, Campo Maremoto, Campo Morales, Campo Parada, Colonia Jecopaco, Colonia la Azteca (Azteca), Colonia Vicente Suárez, Costa Rica (Ejido Mayojusali), Costa Rica (El Quirino), El Moño (Miguel Hidalgo), Fernando Gándara, General Emiliano Zapata, Huehuetlaya, La Aviación, La Loma, Miguel Hidalgo, Niños Héroes, Paredoncito, Paredón Colorado (Paredón Viejo), Salazar, Vargas, and Villa Juárez) *
Cajeme Cajeme is one of the 72 municipalities of the northwestern state of Sonora, Mexico. It is named after Cajemé, a Yaqui leader. The municipality has an area of 3,312.05 km2 (1,278.79 sq mi) and with a population of 433,050 inhabitants as of 20 ...
Municipality (settlements of Agrícola Tarasca, Altos de Jecopaco, Andrés Herrera, Antonio Rosales, Avícola Bachoco, Avícola Bachoco, Benito Juárez, Brasil (La Dieciséis), Buhitos, Calle Muerta, Campo Diez Bloque 1103 (Ejido Luis Encinas), Campo Emilio Carrasco, Campo José Rochin, Centro Acuícola del Noroeste,
Ciudad Obregón Ciudad Obregón is a city in southern Sonora. It is the state's second largest city after Hermosillo and serves as the municipal seat of Cajeme, as of 2020, the city has a population of 436,484. Ciudad Obregón is south of the state's norther ...
,
Cócorit Cócorit is a town located in the municipality of Cajeme in the southern part of the Mexican state of Sonora. The name of the town is derived from the Yaqui (Yoem noki, or Hiak noki) word for a chili pepper, ''ko'oko'i.'' Cócorit and the munici ...
, Colonia Allende (El Dieciocho), Comunidad Xochitl (Grupo Xochitl), Cruz Ibarra, Cuauhtémoc (Campo Cinco), Ejido Toribio Velásquez (El Tejaban), Ejido Toribio Velásquez, Ejido Veintitrés de Octubre, El Bosque (Calle Quince), El Henequén, El Porvenir, El Rodeo, Esperanza, Estación Luis, Francisco Araiza Celaya (Bloque 1620), Francisco I. Madero (Campo 30), Francisco Villa, Granja Ojai, Ignacio Soto, Julián Nevares, La Cuneta (Bloque 1208), La Ladrillera Canal Alto, Las Areneras, Las Parcelas, Manuel Urquidez, Marte R. Gómez (Tobarito), Mil Cien y Canal Bajo, Mora Villalobos (Campo 29), Morelos Dos, Morelos Uno, Nazario Ortiz Garza, Nueva Casa de Teras, Ocho y Media (Bloque 908), Otilio Montaño, Pablo Barrón, Palo Fierro, Pedro Valenzuela, Progreso (Campo 47), Providencia, Pueblo Yaqui, Puente Canal Bajo (Base), Puente de Picos, Puente Quemado, Quetchehueca, Ramón Oroz, Rancho Irineo, Rogelio Ceballos, Romeo Ledenis, San Carlos (Bloque 1301), Santa María del Buaraje (Bachoco 2502), Sonora Progresista, Tepeyac, Tesopobampo, Treinta y Uno de Octubre, Veracruz (El Chorizo), Vicente Guerrero (El Portón), Vicente Mejía Dávila, and Zona de Granjas (Granjas Mica)) *
Etchojoa Municipality Etchojoa Municipality is a municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United Sta ...
(settlements of Agustín Melgar, Aquichivo, Aquichopo, Aquisahuali, Baburo, Bacajaquia, Bacame Nuevo, Bacame Viejo,
Bacobampo Bacobampo is a town in Etchojoa Municipality in the state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is situated on the west bank of the Mayo River, 20 km south of Huatabampo and 25 km southwest of Navajoa. It is an agricultural town, surrounded by fi ...
, Barrio Pacheco, Basconcobe, Bavisa, Bayajuri, Baynorillo, Buaysiacobe, Burobampo, Calle Veintiocho, Campanichaca, Campo Catorce, Campo de Catarino Espinoza, Campo de los Fuertes, Campo de Remigio González, Campo Dieciocho, Campo León, Campo Raúl Ramírez, Campo Salido, Canal Alto, Casa del Sanjero, Caurajaqui, Colonia Nacozari, Colonia Soto (Cabrara), Cristóbal Campos, Cruz Verde, Cuadrilatero Trece (Kilómetro 13 Campo 13), Cuatro Hermanos, Chichivo, Chucarit, Don Cirilo, Dos Arbolitos, Ejido Huehuetlaya, Ejido Lázaro Cárdenas, El Alto (Bachoco), El Campito (Campo Número Tres), El Capuzarit, El Caracol (Ejido de las Guayabas), El Carrizal (El Bacar), El Centenario, El Chapote, El Chori (El Choya), El Mezquital de Burabampo, El Nuevo Retiro, El Pilfo, El Quinto, El Quinto Viejo (El Culebrón), El Ranchito, El Retiro, El Rodeo, El Salitral, El Vivero, España (Campo Número Uno),
Etchojoa Etchojoa is the seat of Etchojoa Municipality. Founded in 1613, Etchojoa is located in the southwest of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is situated at . The total municipal area is 1,220.23 km². Etchojoa had a population of 56,129 in 2000 ...
, Francisco Borquez, Francisco Chacón, Genovevo de la O, Granja Aurora, Granja San Jorge, Guayabitas (La Sávila), Guayparín, Gumercindo Vázquez Campoy, Hacienda Zaragoza, Huaytana, Huichaca, Huirachaca, Ignacio Zamora, Ilivaca, Jesús Francisco Espinoza Higuera (Predio Terminel), Jitonhueca, Joyateve, Juchica, Judas Tadeo, La Bocana, La Cuchilla (La Cuchilla Basconcobe), La Escondida, La Herradura, La Línea (La Línea de Basconcobe), La Vasconia (Del Apellido Vasco), Las Cucas, Las Guayabas, Las Malvinas, Las Mayas (Colonia Agrícola Basconcobe), Las Playitas, Lázaro Cárdenas (Mayocuzalit), Localidad Sin Nombre, Los Tejabanes (Tabajanes Viejos), Los Viejos, Mabejaqui, Macochin, Mayocahui (El Cerro), Mil Hectáreas, Mochipaco, Mochipaco Nuevo, Mocochopo (Yemovari), Mocorua, Navolato, Porcina Salido, Predio de los Hueparis, Puente Roto (Kilómetro Treinta y Dos), Rochín, Sahuaral, Salitral, San Francisco, San Martín (Ramón Martínez Rosas), San Pedro Nuevo, San Pedro Viejo, Santa Bárbara, Santo Tomás, Sebampo, Sebampo (Roberto Rosas), Siete Leguas, Tacirocome, Talamante (Colonia Talamante), Tiriscohuasa, Villa Tres Cruces, and Yemobari) *
Huatabampo Municipality Huatabampo Municipality is a municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United St ...
(settlements of Adolfo López Mateos, Agiabampo Dos, Agiabampo Número Dos (El Campito), Agiabampo Uno, Alfredo Karam, Alto de Silverio, Aquichopo, Aquisahuali, Baburo, Bacapaco, Bachantahui, Bachoco, Bachomojaqui, Bahiquillo, Benito Juárez, Bracamontes, Buiyagojo, Buiyarumo, Camahuiroa, Camajoa, Campo Diecinueve, Campo Gutiérrez, Campo Romo, Cerco de Inés, Cerrillos, Citavaro, Colonia la Técnica, Chapultepec, Chichibojoro, Chichibojoro (Coteco), Chijubampo, Don Gerardo Alamea, El Alto San Cristóbal, El Caro, El Chapote, El Chinalito, El Dátil, El Desmonte, El Embarcadero, El Huepaco, El Juparito (Huepaco), El Mazaray, El Naranjo, El Porvenir, El Ranchito (Yujumary), El Riíto, El Riíto de Mazaray (Riíto Muerto), El Sufragio, El Tábare, El Triunfo, El Vigía, Emiliano Zapata Dos, Emiliano Zapata Uno, Estación Don, Estación Luis, Faustino Félix Serna, Francisco Sarabia, Granja La Primavera, Granja Tepahui I, Granja Tepahui III ranja Tepahui Guadalupe Victoria, Huacaporo,
Huatabampo Huatabampo () is a city in Huatabampo Municipality in the States of Mexico, state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is situated on the Gulf of California, near the mouth of the Mayo River, Mexico, Mayo River. It is located at latitude . Huata ...
, Huepaco, Huerta Linda, Insurgentes de Pueblo Yaqui, Jambiolabampo Dos (Los Pollos), Jambiolabampo Uno, Jinamaqui, Jitosiaric, Juan de la Barrera, Juan Escutia, Jubarebampo, Juliantabampo, Jupagojori, Júpare, Jupateco, La Alameda, La Arenita, La Bomba, La Cochera, La Cuchilla de San Antonio, La Cuchilla del Etchoropo, La China, La Escalera, La Esperanza, La Esquina, La Galera, La Hacienda de los Vey (Los Chinos), La Primavera, La Quinta Chía, La Reforma, La Rosita, La Rueda (Morelos), La Sávila, La Unión, La Unión (Cuadro Once), Las Águilas, Las Ánimas, Las Bocas, Las Flores, Las Guayabitas, Las Mamias, Las Milpas, Las Parras, Las Parritas (El Changuito), Loma el Tábare, Loma de Etchoropo, Loma de los Angelitos, Los Boquivos, Los Buitbores uíbores Los Capomos, Los Cincuenta, Los Mochocolis, Lucio Blanco, Luis Echeverría Zuno, Macías, Martínez, Melchor Ocampo, Morelos, Moroncarit, Navobaxia, Navopatia, Oraba, Playa Bachomojaqui, Playa Camahuiroa, Plutarco Elías Calles, Pozo Dulce, Pueblo Viejo, Rancho el Palomo, Restaurant Rosita, Rosas, Sahuaral de Otero (Sahuaral de Abajo), Salinas (Tres Hermanos), San Antonio, San Isidro, Santa Rosa (La Piocha), Serbel, Sirebampo, Sonora Sinaloa (Bamocha), Tierra y Libertad, Tojahui, Torocoba, Torocobampo, Totoliboqui, Unificación Campesina (Cola Seca), Veinticuatro de Febrero, Venustiano Carranza, Yavaritos, Yavaros (Isla las Viejas), and Zamicarit) *
Navojoa Municipality Navojoa Municipality is a municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico. As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 163,650. Demographics Navojoa is the fifth-largest municipality in Sonora (after Hermosillo, Cajeme, Nogales and San ...
(settlements of Agiabampo, Álvarez Hermanos, Antonio Rosales (Las Ánimas), Arroyo Cocoraque (Ladrillera), Avícola el Ciclón, Avícola San Carlos II, Bacabachi, Barrio Cantua, Basiabampo, Batayaqui, Bemelabampo, Buáraje Viejo, Buenavista, Buiyacusi, Café Edna, Camargo (Rancho Camargo), Camoa, Campo el Papalote, Campo Jesús Down, Campo de Guillermo Giesecke, Capetamaya, Capohuiz, Casa Blanca, Cinco de Junio, Cohuirimpo, Colonia Macías, Cucajaqui, Cuchujaqui, Cutantaca (Jutantaca), Chihuahuita, Chinotahueca, Chirajobampo, Chivucu, Choacalle, El Campito, El Core, El Cumbro, El Dátil, El Dique, El Jijiri, El Jopo, El Mezquital de Tesia, El Pisi, El Polvorín (Comunidad Polvorín), El Recodo, El Reparo, El Sabinito de Tesia (Tesia y Sus Anexos), El Sabino, El Saneal, El Sifón (Sifón Canal Alto), El Siviral (Jigica), El Taste, El Tecolote, El Zapote (El Chapote), Empaque Chacón, Engorda Campoy, Estación Masiaca, Etchohuaquila, Feinsa, Felipe Ángeles, Francisco I. Madero Dos, Fundición, Gasera el Jopo, General Gabriel Leyva Solano (Gabriel Leyva), Granja las Muletas, Granja Porcina Lolita, Granja San Jorge, Guacaporo (Bacaporo), Guadalupe de Juárez, Guaymitas, Hacienda Don Pepe, Huasaguari, Huebampo, Huiribis, Jigica, Jopopaco, Josomteco, Jostahueca, Jupacobe, Jusibampito, Kutataila (El Bayado), La Aguja, La Batalla, La Cruz, La Cuchilla de los Bahuises, La Esperanza, La Esquina Valdez, La Finca, La Huerta (Once), La Labor de Santa Rosa, La Laguna de Tesia, La Pera, La Potable, La Quince, Las Bombas, Las Pilas Tesia (Las Pilas y Anexos), Las Víboras, Licenciado Luis Echeverría Álvarez, Loma del Refugio, Los Bahuises, Los Buáyums, Los Limones, Martínez, Masiaca, Mezquital de Buiyacusi, Miguel de la Madrid Uno, Miguel Hidalgo, Mumucuera, Nachuquis (San Antonio Nachuquis),
Navojoa Navojoa is the fifth-largest city in the northern Mexican 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 Valley. History The city name de ...
, Navomora, Once de Mayo (Los Hoyones), Palo Blanco, Parosis Dos, Piedra Baya, Plano Oriente, Presa Nueva, Pueblo Mayo, Punta de la Laguna, Rancho Atalaya, Rancho del Padre (El Padre), Rancho Jaitaka, Rancho Nuevo, Raymundo López, Rodolfo Rosas, Rosales, Rubén Valenzuela, San Antonio de los Ibarra (San Antonio), San Francisco, San José, San José Chinotahueca, San José Masiaca, San Josesito, San Juan, San Martín Chuachora, San Pedrito, Santa Bárbara, Santa Isabel, Santa María del Buáraje, Santa Rosa, Sapochopo, Sapomora, Sinahuiza, Singapur, Sivacobe, Teachive, Tesia, Tesotahueca, Tetacruz, Tetapeche, Tierra Blanca, Torocoba, Tres Hermanos, Tres Jitos (Los Carrazco), Valle Buey, and Yorentamehua) * San Ignacio Río Muerto Municipality (settlements of Agraristas de Ciudad Obregón, Bahía de Lobos, Campo de Antonio Cota, Campo de Rodrigo Cota, Colonia Sonora, Colonia Vicente Guerrero, El Polvorón, La Democracia, San Francisco, San Ignacio Río Muerto, Siete de Noviembre, Singapur, and Tetabiate)


Sinaloa

* Ahome Municipality (settlements of 89 B de I, Agua Nueva,
Ahome Ahome () is a municipality on the coast of the Gulf of California in the northwestern part of the Mexican state of Sinaloa; it is adjacent to the southern border of Sonora state. It reported 388,344 inhabitants in the 2005 census. Ahome (populat ...
, Alfonso G. Calderón (Poblado Siete), Azarime, Bachomobampo Número Dos, Bacorehuis, Bagojo Colectivo, Bagojo del Río (Bombas Águila), Bolsa de Tozalibampo Uno, Cachoana, Camayeca, Campo la Arrocera, Campo Olivos, Carrizo Grande, Casa Blanca, Cereso Nuevo, Cerrillos (Campo 35), Cerro Cabezón (El Chorrito), Cerro Prieto, Cinco de Mayo, Cohuibampo, Compuertas, Chihuahuita, Choacahui, El Aguajito, El Añil, El Colorado, El Chalate, El Estero (Juan José Ríos), El Hecho, El Porvenir, El Río, El Tule, Exiquio Moroyoqui, Felipe Ángeles, Flor Azul, Fraccionamiento la Memoria, Fraccionamiento los Portales, Gabriel Leyva Solano (Zapotillo Dos), Goritos (Rodríguez), Goros Número Dos, Goros Pueblo, Granja Ahome, Granja el Porvenir Número 1, Guillermo Chávez Talamantes, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (El Carrizo), Heriberto Valdez Romero (El Guayabo), Higuera de Zaragoza, Jackson, Jitzamuri, Juricahui, La Aceituna, La Florida Vieja, La Fortuna, La Fortuna (La Primavera), La Ladrillera, La Tea, La Vinorama, Las Calaveras, Las Crucecitas, Las Grullas Margen Izquierda, Las Presitas, Las Varitas, Lázaro Cárdenas (Muellecito), Los Metates, Los Mochis, Los Suárez, Louisiana, Luciano Villarreal Ruíz, Macapul (Almacenes), Mayocoba, Mochis (Ejido Mochis), Mártires de Sinaloa Dos, Mártires de Sinaloa Uno, Niños Héroes de Chapultepec (Estación Francisco), Nuevo San Miguel, Ohuira, Oro Pinto (Goros Uno), Paredones, Plan de Ayala (Campo Cinco), Poblado Número Cinco, Poblado Número Seis (Los Natoches), Primero de Mayo, Pueblo Nuevo Luis Echeverría, Rancho Savala, Revolución Mexicana, Ricardo Flores Magón, Rosendo G. Castro, San Antonio, San Martín, San Miguel Zapotitlán, Sin Nombre, Tabelojeca, Topolobampo, Tozalibampo, Vallejo (Porvenir Vallejo), Venustiano Carranza y Reforma, and Zapotillo Uno (Zapotillo Viejo)) * Angostura Municipality (settlements of Alhuey,
Angostura Angostura may refer to: Places Mexico * Angostura, Sinaloa, a city in north-west Mexico ** Angostura Municipality, Sinaloa, a municipality in Sinaloa, Mexico * Puerto de la Angostura, Coahuila, site of the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista between Ame ...
, Batury, Colonia Agrícola México (Palmitas), Colonia Independencia (Chinitos), Costa Azul, El Ébano, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (Campo Plata), La Esperanza, La Providencia, La Reforma, and San Luciano) *
Choix Municipality The Municipality of Choix is a municipality in Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. Its seat is Choix Choix () is a small city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located inland, in the northernmost corner of the state. The city reported 9,305 ...
(settlements of Agua Caliente Grande (De Gastelum), Agua Caliente de Baca, Baca, Baymena,
Choix Choix () is a small city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located inland, in the northernmost corner of the state. The city reported 9,305 inhabitants in the 2010 census. It contains the locality Sauzadebaca. References External linksG ...
, El Embarcadero, El Zapote de Baymena, La Culebra, La Estancia, La Molienda, Las Guayabas, Rancho de Baymena, and Rincón de Agua Caliente Grande) *
El Fuerte Municipality Municipality of El Fuerte is a municipality in Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. Its seat is El Fuerte El Fuerte (Spanish: "The Fort") may refer to: * El Fuerte de Samaipata, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bolivia * El Fuerte, Sinaloa, a city of ...
(settlements of Adolfo López Mateos (Jahuara Segundo), Agua Nueva, Alimentos del Fuerte, Antonio Rosales, Arroyo de los Armenta, Bajío de Charay, Baroten, Bateve, Benito Juárez (Vinatería), Boca de Arroyo, Borabampo, Cajón de los Lugo, Camajoa, Campo de Fabián Valenzuela (La Huerta), Campo Seco (Tres de Mayo), Canutillo, Colonia 12 de Agosto, Constancia, Crucerito de Sibajahui, Cuesta Alta, Cuesta Blanca, Charay, Dique Tres, Dos de Abril, El Bacori, El Bajío, El Cajón, El Campito del Pochotal, El Carricito, El Cereso,
El Fuerte El Fuerte (Spanish: "The Fort") may refer to: * El Fuerte de Samaipata, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bolivia * El Fuerte, Sinaloa, a city of Sinaloa, Mexico * El Fuerte, a character in the ''Street Fighter'' video game series Fuerte may also ...
, El Mahone, El Naranjo, El Parnaso, El Pasito, El Ranchito, El Tepehuaje, Escuela Normal Experimental del Fuerte, Estación Charay (El Terco), Estación Hoyancos (Estación el Fuerte), Eucaliptos, Huepaco, Huepaco de los Torres, Jahuara Primero (Los Leyva), Joaquín Amaro, Júpare (El Mezquital), Kilómetro Diecinueve, La Abundancia, La Alameda, La Aurora, La Bajada del Monte, La Cuchilla Dos de Abril, La Curva, La Divisa, La Galera, La Huerta, La Loma, La Línea, La Misión Nueva, La Misión Vieja, La Mojonera, La Noria, La Palma, Las Bombas, Las Cabanillas, Las Cabras, Las Estacas, Las Higueras de los Natoches, Lázaro Cárdenas, Lázaro Cárdenas (La Esperanza), Loma Larga (Rancho de los Soto), Los Capomitos, Los Capomos, Los Cerritos, Los Musos, Los Tastes, Llano de los Soto, Maquicoba 2, Mochicahui, Mulanjey (Estación Vega), Ocolome, Palo Verde, Pochotal, Ranchito de Bateve, Rancho Abelardo Balderrain, Rancho Charay, Rancho de los Pachecos, Rancho la Palma (Rancho Tupinamba), Rancho Peña, Rancho Viejo, Rancho Zavala (La Laguna), Rincón de Aliso, San Antonio, San Blas, San José de Cahuinahua, San Rafael, Santa Lucía, Santa María, Sibajahui, Sibirijoa, Tastes Viejos (La Cuera), Tehueco, Teroque Viejo, Tesila, Tetamboca, Tetaroba, Tetarobita, Tetasiari, Tres Garantías, Vivajaqui, and Zozorique) *
Guasave Municipality Municipality of Guasave is a municipality in Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico. Its seat is Guasave Guasave () is a city and the seat of the homonymous municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located in the northwestern part of Mexic ...
(settlements of Adolfo Ruíz Cortines, Babujaqui, Bachoco, Boca del Río, Buen Retiro (El Retiro), Buenavista, Callejones de Guasavito, Callejones de Tamazula, Campo 38, Campo Maeva, Corerepe (El Gallo), Ejido Abelardo L. Rodríguez, El Álamo, El Burrión, El Caracol, El Cerro Cabezón, El Cubilete (El Cubilete Número Uno), El Huitussi y Anexos (El Huitussito), El Marcol, El Realito (El Realito del Amole), El Serranito, Gabriel Leyva Solano (Benito Juárez),
Guasave Guasave () is a city and the seat of the homonymous municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It is located in the northwestern part of Mexico, southeast of the city of Los Mochis. It stands at . In the 2010 census, the city reported a popu ...
, Juan José Ríos, La Bebelama, La Brecha, La Escalera, La Noria, La Trinidad, Las Brisas (Emiliano Zapata), Las Cañadas Número Uno, Las Cañadas Viejas, Las Crucecitas, Las Cuchillas, Las Culebras, Las Flores, Las Higueras (Las Flores), Las Juntitas, Las Playas (La Palma), Las Quemazones, Los Ángeles, Los Hornos Número 1 (Salsipuedes), Los Hornos Número Dos, Miguel Alemán, Palos Verdes, Poblado Lázaro Cárdenas del Río, Ranchito de Inzunza, Roberto Barrios, Sayitas, and Tamazula)


History

The first traces of settlements in the Mayo region date from 180 CE in the present municipality of
Huatabampo Huatabampo () is a city in Huatabampo Municipality in the States of Mexico, state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is situated on the Gulf of California, near the mouth of the Mayo River, Mexico, Mayo River. It is located at latitude . Huata ...
,
Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of 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 d ...
. In 1531, after the
conquest of the Aztec Empire The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, also known as the Conquest of Mexico or the Spanish-Aztec War (1519–21), was one of the primary events in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. There are multiple 16th-century narratives of the ev ...
by the Spanish, military campaigns were organized to subdue the Mayo region to the Spanish crown. However, this was not achieved until 1599, through the mediation of Jesuit missionaries. The Jesuit Pedro Méndez tried evangelizing the Mayo. However, Mayos did not cease to resist the Spaniards. In 1740 marked an armed uprising, which ended with victory again for the Spanish, after which a period of peace lasted almost a century. For 1867 the Mayo returned to take up arms with the
Yaqui The Yaqui, Hiaki, or Yoeme, are a Native American people of the southwest, who speak a Uto-Aztecan language. Their homelands include the Río Yaqui valley in Sonora, Mexico, and the area below the Gila River in Arizona, Southwestern United Stat ...
s against the government of Mexico. They achieved a peace agreement after the
Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction ...
with the distribution of land as communal property. The Mayo fought with Alvaro Obregón's Constitutionalist fighters during the revolution.


Festivities

The main Mayo festival takes place during
Easter Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the '' Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...
and portrays the
passion of Christ In Christianity, the Passion (from the Latin verb ''patior, passus sum''; "to suffer, bear, endure", from which also "patience, patient", etc.) is the short final period in the life of Jesus Christ. Depending on one's views, the "Passion" m ...
. Other festivals celebrated St. Juan Bautista, St.
Francis of Assisi Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Francesco d'Assisi; – 3 October 1226), was a mystic Italian Catholic friar, founder of the Franciscans, and one of the most venerated figures in Christianit ...
, and the
Virgin of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe ( es, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe ( es, Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions, which are believed t ...
.


Mayo flag

The Mayo Flag was designed by a young Sonoran individual, whose name is not known. A deer surrounded by stars, called ''masochoquim'' or "Deer of the stars" in Cahita culture, stands on an orange field, representing the earth.


Notable Mayo people

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Fernando Valenzuela Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea (, born November 1, 1960) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. Valenzuela played 17 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, from to and to . While he played for six MLB teams, he is best remembered f ...
, professional baseball playerYetman and Van Devender 3 *
Joel Huiqui Joel Adrián Huiqui Andrade (born 18 February 1983) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. His paternal surname is of Mayo origin (indigenous people of Sonora and Sinaloa). Career Joel Huiqui started his career ...
, professional association football player


Notes


References

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Further reading

*Acosta, Roberto. ''Apuntes históricos Sonorenses: La conquista temporal y espiritual del Yaqui y del Mayo''. Mexico city: Imprenta Aldina. *Crumrine, Lynne S. "Ceremonial Exchange as a Mechanism in Tribal Integration Among the Mayos of Northwest Mexico." Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona 14, 1969. *Crumrine, N. Ross. "A New Mayo Indian Religious Movement in Northwest Mexico." ''Journal of Latin American Lore 1(2): 127-145, 1975. *Crumrine, N. Ross. ''The Mayo Indians of Sonora: A people who refuse to die''. University of Arizona Press 1977. *O'Connor, Mary I. "Two Kinds of Religious Movements Among the Mayo Indians of Sonora." ''Journal for the Scientific study of Religion'' 18(3)1979 :260-268. *O'Connor, Mary I. ''Descendants of Totolinguoqui: Ethnicity and Economics in the Mayo Valley''. Berkeley: University of California Publications, Anthropology, vol. 19. 1989. *Troncoso, Francisco. ''Las guerras con las tribus Yaqui y Mayo del Estado de Sonora, Mexico. Hermosillo 1905. {{Authority control Indigenous peoples in Mexico Indigenous peoples of Aridoamerica Sonora Sinaloa