Bacerac
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Bacerac is a town in Bacerac Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora
. It is situated in the northeast of the state and the municipality has boundaries with Bavispe Municipality in the north, with Huachinera
in the south, with the state of Chihuahua in the east, and with the municipalities of Nacozari de García
and Villa Hidalgo
in the west. The municipal seat lies at an elevation of 1,432 meters above sea level. See detailed map at http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/sonora-state-mexico/sonora-state-mexico-map-d1.shtml
The area of the municipality is 1,275.8 km2. and the total population was 1,342 in 2005. 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. http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora
The territory once was occupied by the Opata
Indians. In 1645, the Jesuit missionary Cristóbal García founded a settlement to which he gave the name of Santa María de Bacerac, which is derived from the Opata language
and means "place where water is seen".
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.
Sonora
Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....
. It is situated in the northeast of the state and the municipality has boundaries with Bavispe Municipality in the north, with Huachinera
Huachinera
Huachinera is a municipality and its municipal seat in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 1,184.86 km², with a population of 1,147 registered in 2000. The population of the municipal seat was 732 in 2000....
in the south, with the state of Chihuahua in the east, and with the municipalities of Nacozari de García
Nacozari de García
Nacozari de García is a small mining town surrounded by its municipal area in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.-Area and population:...
and Villa Hidalgo
Villa Hidalgo, Sonora
Villa Hidalgo is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the north-east of the Mexican state of Sonora.It was founded by the Jesuit missionary Marcos del Río in 1644 as Oputo...
in the west. The municipal seat lies at an elevation of 1,432 meters above sea level. See detailed map at http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/sonora-state-mexico/sonora-state-mexico-map-d1.shtml
The area of the municipality is 1,275.8 km2. and the total population was 1,342 in 2005. 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. http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora
The territory once was occupied by the Opata
Opata
Opata is the collective name for three indigenous peoples native to the northern Mexican border state of Sonora. The whole of Opata territory encompasses the northeasterly and central part of the state...
Indians. In 1645, the Jesuit missionary Cristóbal García founded a settlement to which he gave the name of Santa María de Bacerac, which is derived from the Opata language
Opata language
Ópata is the name of the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Opata people of northern central Sonora in Mexico...
and means "place where water is seen".
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.
Sources consulted
External sources
- Bacerac, Ayuntamiento Digital (Official WebSite of Bacerac, Sonora)
- Statistics on Bacerac
- Sonora Turismo: Bacerac