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.

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It was historically the location of the Jesuit mission San Joseph de Soyopa. [1]

Economy

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

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.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Ives, Ronald L. (1948). "The Sonoran Census of 1730". Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. 59 (4): 319–339. ISSN   0002-7790 . Retrieved 29 April 2024.

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