Bacoachi
File:Iglesia San Miguel Arcángel, Bacoachi.jpg
Bacoachi is a small town in Bacoachi Municipality in the north of the Mexican state of Sonora. The area of the municipality is 487 square miles (1,260.65 km2) and the population (rural and urban) was 1,475 in 2020https://www.inegi.org.mx/programas/ccpv/2020/.The elevation of the municipal seat is 4,429 feet (1,350 meters) above sea level.
Bacoachi is located southeast of Cananea and has boundaries in the north with Naco, in the east with Fronteras, in the southeast with Nacozari, in the southwest with Arizpe and in the east with Cananea. See maps at [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201232501/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora] or [http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/sonora-state-mexico/sonora-state-mexico-map-c1.shtml]
The territory was originally inhabited by the Opata Teguima Indians, who called their settlement "Cuchibaciachi". A Jesuit mission named San Miguel Bacoachi was founded here in 1648.{{cite journal |last1=Eckhart |first1=George B. |title=A Guide to the History of the Missions of Sonora, 1614-1826 |journal=Arizona and the West |date=1960 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=165–183 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40167019 |access-date=30 April 2024 |issn=0004-1408}} In 1649, Captain Simón Lazo de la Vega founded a Spanish town in the same spot. The name means "water snake" in the indigenous language.
In 1784, a Spanish {{lang|es|presidio}} was formed at the location, manned entirely by Opatas.{{cite book |last1=Sheridan |first1=Thomas E. |title=Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacácori, the Baca Float, and the Betrayal of the O’odham |date=26 May 2016 |publisher=University of Arizona Press |isbn=978-0-8165-3441-8 |page=48 |language=en}}
Most of the land is mountainous and is part of the Sierra de Sonora. There are still pine forests and a rich variety of fauna, including coyotes, jaguars, deer, raccoons, wild pigs, skunks, and owls, among others.
The population has been decreasing due to immigration to the United States of America.
There are few roads but the municipality is connected to the capital, Hermosillo, by the Hermosillo-Cananea highway.
Agriculture and cattle raising are the main economic activities. Most of the agriculture is involved in growing grasses for the cattle, which numbered over 25,000 head in 2000.
Climate
{{Weather box
| location = Bacoachi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1982–2023)
| single line = Y
| metric first = Y
| Jan record high C = 39
| Feb record high C = 38
| Mar record high C = 38
| Apr record high C = 39
| May record high C = 43
| Jun record high C = 45
| Jul record high C = 44
| Aug record high C = 43
| Sep record high C = 42
| Oct record high C = 39
| Nov record high C = 38
| Dec record high C = 35
| year record high C =
| Jan high C = 19.8
| Feb high C = 21.2
| Mar high C = 24.5
| Apr high C = 28.1
| May high C = 32.3
| Jun high C = 37.2
| Jul high C = 35.0
| Aug high C = 33.8
| Sep high C = 32.8
| Oct high C = 29.4
| Nov high C = 23.8
| Dec high C = 19.3
| year high C = 28.1
| Jan mean C = 9.6
| Feb mean C = 10.9
| Mar mean C = 13.4
| Apr mean C = 16.3
| May mean C = 20.1
| Jun mean C = 25.6
| Jul mean C = 26.8
| Aug mean C = 25.9
| Sep mean C = 23.8
| Oct mean C = 18.4
| Nov mean C = 13.0
| Dec mean C = 9.4
| year mean C = 17.8
| Jan low C = -0.6
| Feb low C = 0.5
| Mar low C = 2.4
| Apr low C = 4.5
| May low C = 7.8
| Jun low C = 13.9
| Jul low C = 18.6
| Aug low C = 18.0
| Sep low C = 14.8
| Oct low C = 7.5
| Nov low C = 2.1
| Dec low C = -0.4
| year low C = 7.4
| Jan record low C = -12
| Feb record low C = -13.5
| Mar record low C = -6
| Apr record low C = -4
| May record low C = -1
| Jun record low C = 3
| Jul record low C = 2
| Aug record low C = 2
| Sep record low C = 5
| Oct record low C = -5
| Nov record low C = -8
| Dec record low C = -9
| year record low C =
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 30.0
| Feb precipitation mm = 22.8
| Mar precipitation mm = 16.7
| Apr precipitation mm = 3.5
| May precipitation mm = 2.9
| Jun precipitation mm = 15.9
| Jul precipitation mm = 138.7
| Aug precipitation mm = 105.9
| Sep precipitation mm = 49.9
| Oct precipitation mm = 24.5
| Nov precipitation mm = 26.3
| Dec precipitation mm = 28.8
| year precipitation mm = 465.9
| Jan rain days = 2.9
| Feb rain days = 2.9
| Mar rain days = 2.0
| Apr rain days = 0.7
| May rain days = 0.8
| Jun rain days = 2.8
| Jul rain days = 12.0
| Aug rain days = 10.1
| Sep rain days = 4.7
| Oct rain days = 2.1
| Nov rain days = 1.8
| Dec rain days = 2.9
| year rain days = 45.7
| source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional{{cite web
|url=https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/son/nor9120_26145.txt
|title=NORMAL CLIMATOLÓGICA 1991-2020
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|access-date=December 1, 2024
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|archive-date=December 1, 2024
|url=https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Med-Extr/son/medex26145.txt
|title=VALORES EXTREMOS
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|archive-date=December 1, 2024
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Sources consulted
{{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]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722225447/http://bacoachi.sonora.gob.mx/ Bacoachi, Ayuntamiento Digital] (Official Website of Bacoachi, Sonora)
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Category:Populated places in Sonora