San Francisco de Borja
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This article is about the Mexican town. For the saint, see Saint Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía.
| San Francisco de Borja | |
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 San Francisco de Borja
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| Coordinates: 27°53′N 106°40′W / 27.883°N 106.667°WCoordinates: 27°53′N 106°40′W / 27.883°N 106.667°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Chihuahua |
| Municipality | San Francisco de Borja |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 1,142 |
San Francisco de Borja is a town and seat of the municipality of San Francisco de Borja, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the town had a total population of 1,142.[1]
San Francisco de Borja was founded as a Jesuit mission in the 1640s to the Tarahumara. The Tarahumara destroyed it in war with the Spanish in 1648, but it was later rebuilt.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on October 25, 2008
- ^ Edward H. Spicer, Cycles of Conquest (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1962) p. 30
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