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Ónavas is a small town surrounded by Onavas Municipality in the southeast of the
Mexican state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
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Name

The name Ónavas comes from the Cahita language and means salty water.


Geography


Climate

It was founded in 1622 as Mission San Ignacio de Loyola de Ónavas by two
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missionaries: Diego Vandersipe and Blas Paredes.


Economic activity

Agriculture covered 2,227 hectares (2000), most of which were not irrigated. Main crops are alfalfa, beans, corn and the production of fodder for the cattle industry
Sonora Turismo
Cattle raising was carried out by sixty percent of the work force (2000) and there were 6,614 head of cattle


References


Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

INEGI
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External links




Gobierno de Sonora
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