Soyopa

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Soyopa
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Soyopa main square
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
State Sonora
Municipality Soyopa
Government
   Mayor Alonso Sánchez Encinas
Time zone UTC-7 (Pacific (US Mountain))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (No DST)

Soyopa (Yaqui: "hot land") is a town in Soyopa Municipality, in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Sonora. The elevation is 350 meters.

The main economic activities are cattle raising (16,000 head in 2000), agriculture (rye, sorghum, wheat), and mining.

Silver was mined here beginning in the eighteenth century and the town had its economic heyday around 1880. After that the silver mines ran out and the population declined.

Coordinates: 28°46′00″N109°37′59″W / 28.7667°N 109.633°W / 28.7667; -109.633

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