Cucurpe

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Originally the territory was occupied by the Opatas and the Pimas Altas. In 1647 the Jesuit missionary Marcos del Río founded the first Spanish settlement with the category of mission and gave it the name of Los Santos Reyes de Cucurpe.[http://www.nps.gov/archive/tuma/Cucurpe.html Mission Cucurpe] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612135025/http://www.nps.gov/archive/tuma/Cucurpe.html |date=June 12, 2007 }} - US National Park Service In 1859 it was given the title of "Villa" and in 1932 it became a municipality.

In 1691, the Moravian Jesuit Adam Gilg and the Carniolan Jesuit {{ill|Marko Anton Kappus|es|Marko Anton Kappus}} founded the mission of St. Thaddeus in Cucurpe,{{cite book |url=https://www.sazu.si/uploads/files/publikacije23/Razred%20II%20-%20Razprave%2028%20(Stanonikov%20zbornik).pdf |first=Igor |last=Maver |chapter=Mednarodni pomen kranjskega misijonarja Marka Antona Kappusa |trans-chapter=The International Significance of the Carniolan Missionary Marko Anton Kappus |title=Od Alkuina do von Wolkensteina, Melvilla in Steinbecka: znanstvene razprave ob stoletnici rojstva akademika Janeza Stanonika (1922–2014) |trans-title=From Alcuin to von Wolkenstein, Melville and Steinbeck: Scholarly Discussions on the Occasion of the Centenary of the Birth of Academician Janez Stanonik (1922–2014) |language=sl |page=76}} but it was destroyed in the same year by the Seris.{{cite journal |last=Di Peso |first=Charles C. |display-authors=etal |title=The Seri Indians in 1692 as Described by Adamo Gilg, S. J. |journal=Arizona and the West |volume=7 |issue=1 |year=1965 |pages=33–56 |publisher=JSTOR |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/40167112}}

This town was once the considered the "Rim of Christendom" and it was from here that Father Eusebio Kino rode out to do his now historic work in the area then known as the Pimería Alta. He rode out on 14 March 1687, 24 years and one day before his death on 15 March 1711.Polzer, Charles. 1968. A Kino Guide: His Missions - His Monuments. Southwestern Mission Research Center, Tucson AZ.

There are two rivers that have clear waters for most of the year and turbulent currents in the rainy season that lasts from June through August. The Dolores River and the Saracachi come together to form the Sonora River, which flows into the Abelardo L. Rodríguez Reservoir near Hermosillo.

Due to the higher elevation the climate is cooler than in the desert to the west. The annual average temperature is 16.5 °C, with summer temperatures rarely reaching 40° and winter days bringing frost and some snow in the higher elevations. The average annual rainfall is 466.8 millimeters.[http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/sonora/municipios/26022a.htm Cucurpe] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210041/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/sonora/municipios/26022a.htm |date=September 27, 2007 }} @ Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico (Spanish)

{{Weather box

| location = Cucurpe (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1978–2021)

| single line = Y

| metric first = Y

| Jan record high C = 38

| Feb record high C = 43

| Mar record high C = 47

| Apr record high C = 45

| May record high C = 47.5

| Jun record high C = 49

| Jul record high C = 49

| Aug record high C = 49

| Sep record high C = 45

| Oct record high C = 45

| Nov record high C = 44

| Dec record high C = 37.5

| year record high C =

| Jan high C = 19.7

| Feb high C = 21.2

| Mar high C = 24.8

| Apr high C = 28.0

| May high C = 32.4

| Jun high C = 37.0

| Jul high C = 35.6

| Aug high C = 34.9

| Sep high C = 33.9

| Oct high C = 30.9

| Nov high C = 24.3

| Dec high C = 19.1

| year high C = 28.5

| Jan mean C = 11.3

| Feb mean C = 12.8

| Mar mean C = 15.9

| Apr mean C = 18.6

| May mean C = 22.7

| Jun mean C = 27.2

| Jul mean C = 27.4

| Aug mean C = 27.1

| Sep mean C = 25.6

| Oct mean C = 21.4

| Nov mean C = 15.5

| Dec mean C = 10.8

| year mean C = 19.7

| Jan low C = 2.9

| Feb low C = 4.4

| Mar low C = 7.0

| Apr low C = 9.2

| May low C = 13.1

| Jun low C = 17.4

| Jul low C = 19.3

| Aug low C = 19.2

| Sep low C = 17.3

| Oct low C = 12.0

| Nov low C = 6.7

| Dec low C = 2.4

| year low C = 10.9

| Jan record low C = -10

| Feb record low C = -10

| Mar record low C = -4

| Apr record low C = 0

| May record low C = 3.5

| Jun record low C = 4

| Jul record low C = 3.5

| Aug record low C = 4.5

| Sep record low C = 7

| Oct record low C = 2

| Nov record low C = -4.5

| Dec record low C = -7

| year record low C =

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 37.4

| Feb precipitation mm = 31.1

| Mar precipitation mm = 20.8

| Apr precipitation mm = 5.4

| May precipitation mm = 10.5

| Jun precipitation mm = 29.7

| Jul precipitation mm = 146.4

| Aug precipitation mm = 126.1

| Sep precipitation mm = 77.5

| Oct precipitation mm = 23.9

| Nov precipitation mm = 26.2

| Dec precipitation mm = 38.2

| year precipitation mm = 573.2

| Jan rain days = 4.0

| Feb rain days = 3.7

| Mar rain days = 2.5

| Apr rain days = 0.9

| May rain days = 1.1

| Jun rain days = 3.6

| Jul rain days = 13.6

| Aug rain days = 12.3

| Sep rain days = 6.4

| Oct rain days = 2.1

| Nov rain days = 2.7

| Dec rain days = 4.2

| year rain days = 57.1

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File:Wulfenite-181357.jpg specimen from San Francisco mine]]

Most of the work force is employed in agriculture, which concentrates on growing grasses for cattle fodder. The cattle industry is modest and suffers from lack of infrastructure. There is one mine, Santa Gertrudis, which has offered a new source of employment.

This former gold-silver-molybdenum mine, located about 3 km SE of Cucurpe, is famous among mineral collectors for producing exceptionally fine specimens of wulfenite.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070609155002/http://www.sonoraturismo.gob.mx/cucurpe-sonora.htm Cucurpe] — @ Sonora Turismo (Spanish)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080610090528/http://www.animasresources.com/s/SantaGertrudis.asp Santa Gertrudis mine website]

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