Arizpe
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Arizpe
Arispe (alternate spelling) | ||
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State Sonora | | |
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Arizpe (or Arispe) is a small town and the municipal seat of the Arizpe Municipality in the north of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located at 30°20'"N 110°09'"W. The area of the municipality is 2,806.78 sq.km. The population in 2005 was 2,959 of which 1,743 lived in the municipal seat as of the 2000 census.
History
The region of Arizpe was occupied by the Opata people. The name Arizpe is a Basque word "Aritzpe"((H)Aritz meaning Oak and Pe meaning under) and translates to "Under the Oaks".[1]
Arizpe was founded in 1646 by the
Provincias Internas
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In 1776 Arizpe was made the capital of the Spanish colonial Comandancia y Capitanía General de las Provincias Internas. As the capital, Arizpe became a city by the end of the eighteenth century, the first in the Sonora region.
The
Juan Bautista de Anza
In 1775 an overland expedition, led by Captain
Juan Bautista de Anza died in 1788 and is buried in Arizpe, at the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Arizpe. In 1963, with the participation of delegations from the University of California, Berkeley and UC San Francisco, he was disinterred and reburied in a new marble memorial mausoleum at the same church.
Economy
Agriculture is the main economic activity, with farms lying in the valley of the Sonora River. Most of the crops are
Tourist attractions
The municipal seat has a church and gardens with
See also
References
- ^ "Arizpe Name Meaning & Arizpe Family History at Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
Other sources
External links
- Arizpe, Ayuntamiento Digital (Official Website of Arizpe, Sonora)
- Article on Arispe Spanish
- Arizpe church English
- Arizpe tourist information English