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Atil, Sonora

Coordinates: 30°50′37″N 111°35′1″W / 30.84361°N 111.58361°W / 30.84361; -111.58361
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Atil
Mission Santa Teresa de Atil
Mission Santa Teresa de Atil
Atil is located in Mexico
Atil
Atil
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 30°50′37″N 111°35′1″W / 30.84361°N 111.58361°W / 30.84361; -111.58361
Country Mexico
StateSonora
MunicipalityAtil
Founded1751
Area
 • City400.43 km2 (154.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • City734
 • Metro
699
Time zoneUTC-7 (Pacific (US Mountain))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (No DST)

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.

The town was founded in 1687 with the establishment of the mission known as Santa Teresa de Atil by the Jesuit missionary Eusebio Kino.[1] The first inhabitants were Pima Alto or Nebome Indians, who before conversion had led a nomadic or semi-nomadic life. The ruins of Kino's misson remain to this day.

Some buildings were constructed by Jesuit missionary Jacobo Sedelmayer.

Atil is one of the smallest municipalities in the state. It is said that its name means "Arrow Point", in the Pima language.[2]

Geography

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Atil is one of the smallest municipalities in the state.

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.

Economy

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

References

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  1. ^ Classen, Albrecht (2013). Early History of the Southwest Through the Eyes of German-speaking Jesuit Missionaries: A Transcultural Experience in the Eighteenth Century. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7391-7784-6.
  2. ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México : ESTADO DE SONORA". Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

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