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Atil is one of the smallest municipalities in the state. It is said that its name means
Atil is one of the smallest municipalities in the state. It is said that its name means
"Arrow Point", in the Pima language. [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora]
"Arrow Point", in the Pima language. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201232501/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora]


The terrain is desert and mostly flat. Summer temperatures average 25.6°C but daytime extremes are frequently above 40°C. The winter average is 12.8°C.
The terrain is desert and mostly flat. Summer temperatures average 25.6°C but daytime extremes are frequently above 40°C. The winter average is 12.8°C.
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==Sources consulted==
==Sources consulted==
*[http://www.sonora.gob.mx/portal/RunScript.asp?page=176&p=ASP\Pg176.asp/ Gobierno de Sonora]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.sonora.gob.mx/portal/RunScript.asp?page=176&p=ASP\Pg176.asp/ Gobierno de Sonora]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora/ Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081201232501/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora Enciclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico]
*[http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.aspx/ Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografia, e Informática (INEGI)]
*[http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.aspx/ Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografia, e Informática (INEGI)]



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Atil
Mission Santa Teresa de Atil
Mission Santa Teresa de Atil
Country Mexico
StateSonora
MunicipalityAtil
Founded1751
Area
 • City400.43 km2 (154.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • City734
 • Metro
699
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)

Atil (also Átil) is a small town in Atil Municipality in the northwest of the Mexican state of Sonora. The total area is 400.43 km² and the population of the municipality was 734 in 2005, of whom 699 lived in the municipal seat (2000). Neighboring municipalities are Tubutama, Trincheras, Oquitoa, and Altar.

It was founded in 1751 by the Jesuit missionary Jacobo Sedelmayer as a mission with the name of Atil. The first inhabitants were Pima Alto or Nebome Indians, who before conversion had led a nomadic or semi-nomadic life.

Atil is one of the smallest municipalities in the state. It is said that its name means "Arrow Point", in the Pima language. [1]

The terrain is desert and mostly flat. Summer temperatures average 25.6°C but daytime extremes are frequently above 40°C. The winter average is 12.8°C.

There is one tarmacked road crossing the municipality linking Altar with Tubutama. There are several dirt roads crossing the desert.

The economy is based on agriculture with lands irrigated by the Cuautémoc Reservoir located in the north of the municipality. There is also cattle raising.

Sources consulted

See also

Santa Teresa de Atil