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Soyopa

Coordinates: 28°46′00″N 109°37′59″W / 28.7667°N 109.633°W / 28.7667; -109.633
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Soyopa
Soyopa main square
Soyopa main square
Country Mexico
StateSonora
MunicipalitySoyopa
Government
 • MayorAlonso Sánchez Encinas
Time zoneUTC-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.

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

Economy

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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]

References

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  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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28°46′00″N 109°37′59″W / 28.7667°N 109.633°W / 28.7667; -109.633