Suaqui Grande is a town, and the surrounding municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...

 of the same name, in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Sonora

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 was founded in 1620 by the missionary Martín Burgencio.

The municipal area is 889.28 km². and the population was 1,102 in 2000.
The main economic activities are cattle raising, growing of grass for cattle feed and subsistence agriculture.

External links

• Suaqui Grande, Ayuntamiento Digital (Official Website of Suaqui Grande, Sonora)
• Suaqui Grande, Sonora (Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)