Tubutama
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Tubutama is a town, and the surrounding municipality
of the same name, in the north-west of the Mexican state of Sonora
. It was founded in the late 17th century by Fr. Francisco Eusebio Kino. It was the headquarters of religious administration for the entire Pimeria Alta during much of the Jesuit and Franciscan period of Spanish colonial rule.
The municipal area is 1351.6 km² (521.9 sq mi) and the population was 1,798 in 2005. The main economic activities are cattle raising (11,000 head in 2005) and subsistence farming.
Tourists can visit the Mission of San Pedro and San Pablo
, built by Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino at the end of the eighteenth century. The arched entrance is Mudéjar
and in the interior the transept is dedicated to the Passion of Christ and the altarpiece has sculptured instruments of the Passion: crown of thorns, scourge, nails, tongs, ladder, and lances. A sculptured serpent crawls beneath an upper niche in the same altarpiece. This recess now holds a carved statue of Our Lady of Aránzazu, an image of the Virgin Mary as she appeared at Aránzazu
in the autonomous community
of the Basque Country
, in northern Spain
.
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 north-west 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 the late 17th century by Fr. Francisco Eusebio Kino. It was the headquarters of religious administration for the entire Pimeria Alta during much of the Jesuit and Franciscan period of Spanish colonial rule.
The municipal area is 1351.6 km² (521.9 sq mi) and the population was 1,798 in 2005. The main economic activities are cattle raising (11,000 head in 2005) and subsistence farming.
Tourists can visit the Mission of San Pedro and San Pablo
Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama
Mission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama is located in Tubutama, Sonora and was first founded in 1691 by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino.Father Antonio de los Reyes on 6 July 1772 submitted a report on the condition of the missions in the Upper and Lower Pimeria Alta...
, built by Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino at the end of the eighteenth century. The arched entrance is Mudéjar
Mudéjar
Mudéjar is the name given to individual Moors or Muslims of Al-Andalus who remained in Iberia after the Christian Reconquista but were not converted to Christianity...
and in the interior the transept is dedicated to the Passion of Christ and the altarpiece has sculptured instruments of the Passion: crown of thorns, scourge, nails, tongs, ladder, and lances. A sculptured serpent crawls beneath an upper niche in the same altarpiece. This recess now holds a carved statue of Our Lady of Aránzazu, an image of the Virgin Mary as she appeared at Aránzazu
Arantzazu
Arantzazu is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain.-External links:*...
in the autonomous community
Autonomous communities of Spain
An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
of the Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
, in northern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
External links
- Tubutama, Ayuntamiento Digital (Official Website of Tubutama, Sonora)
- Tubutama, Sonora (Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)
- Mission Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama