Bacerac
{{Short description|Town in Sonora, Mexico}}
Bacerac is a town in Bacerac Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora.
Geography
Bacerac 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.
The area of the municipality is 1,275.8 km2.
=Climate=
{{Weather box
| location = Bacerac (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1978–present)
| single line = Y
| metric first = Y
| Jan record high C = 31
| Feb record high C = 34
| Mar record high C = 39
| Apr record high C = 42
| May record high C = 45
| Jun record high C = 50
| Jul record high C = 49
| Aug record high C = 48
| Sep record high C = 44
| Oct record high C = 43
| Nov record high C = 50
| Dec record high C = 33
| year record high C =
| Jan high C = 19.8
| Feb high C = 22.0
| Mar high C = 26.1
| Apr high C = 30.3
| May high C = 35.0
| Jun high C = 39.6
| Jul high C = 37.3
| Aug high C = 36.4
| Sep high C = 35.0
| Oct high C = 30.9
| Nov high C = 24.6
| Dec high C = 19.5
| year high C = 29.7
| Jan mean C = 10.9
| Feb mean C = 12.7
| Mar mean C = 15.9
| Apr mean C = 19.6
| May mean C = 24.3
| Jun mean C = 29.2
| Jul mean C = 28.5
| Aug mean C = 27.5
| Sep mean C = 25.7
| Oct mean C = 20.8
| Nov mean C = 14.7
| Dec mean C = 10.8
| year mean C = 20.0
| Jan low C = 2.0
| Feb low C = 3.5
| Mar low C = 5.7
| Apr low C = 8.9
| May low C = 13.6
| Jun low C = 18.8
| Jul low C = 19.7
| Aug low C = 18.7
| Sep low C = 16.4
| Oct low C = 10.7
| Nov low C = 4.9
| Dec low C = 2.2
| year low C = 10.4
| Jan record low C = -9
| Feb record low C = -11
| Mar record low C = -5
| Apr record low C = -4
| May record low C = 4
| Jun record low C = 9
| Jul record low C = 9
| Aug record low C = 6
| Sep record low C = 7
| Oct record low C = -2
| Nov record low C = -9
| Dec record low C = -14
| year record low C =
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 25.4
| Feb precipitation mm = 26.2
| Mar precipitation mm = 13.9
| Apr precipitation mm = 6.1
| May precipitation mm = 3.5
| Jun precipitation mm = 27.7
| Jul precipitation mm = 117.9
| Aug precipitation mm = 98.7
| Sep precipitation mm = 46.0
| Oct precipitation mm = 25.7
| Nov precipitation mm = 29.1
| Dec precipitation mm = 38.3
| year precipitation mm = 458.5
| Jan rain days = 4.5
| Feb rain days = 4.4
| Mar rain days = 2.9
| Apr rain days = 1.4
| May rain days = 1.2
| Jun rain days = 4.1
| Jul rain days = 15.3
| Aug rain days = 12.1
| Sep rain days = 6.1
| Oct rain days = 3.7
| Nov rain days = 3.3
| Dec rain days = 4.2
| year rain days = 63.2
| source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional{{cite web
|url=https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/son/nor9120_26205.txt
|title=NORMAL CLIMATOLÓGICA 1991-2020
|publisher=Servicio Meteorológico National
|language=es
|format=TXT
|access-date=December 1, 2024
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201040602/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/son/nor9120_26205.txt
|archive-date=December 1, 2024
|url=https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Med-Extr/son/medex26205.txt
|title=VALORES EXTREMOS
|publisher=Servicio Meteorológico National
|language=es
|format=TXT
|access-date=December 1, 2024
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241201040719/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Med-Extr/son/medex26205.txt
|archive-date=December 1, 2024
}}
}}
Population
The total population was 1,019 in 2020https://www.inegi.org.mx/programas/ccpv/2020/. 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 people. 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".
Economy
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.{{cn|date=May 2023}}
References
{{reflist}}
- [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.aspx/ INEGI]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201232501/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico]
- [http://www.sonora.gob.mx/portal/Runscript.asp?p=ASP\pg179.asp/ Gobierno de Sonora: Bacerac]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/sonora-state-mexico/sonora-state-mexico-map-d1.shtml/ Map of Sonora]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722225445/http://bacerac.sonora.gob.mx/ Bacerac, Ayuntamiento Digital] (Official WebSite of Bacerac, Sonora)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070629112715/http://www.economiasonora.gob.mx/site/index.php?option=com_docman Statistics on Bacerac]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070609154809/http://www.sonoraturismo.gob.mx/bacerac-sonora.htm Sonora Turismo: Bacerac]
- [http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/sonora-state-mexico/sonora-state-mexico-map-d1.shtml Map of Bcae]
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