Basúchil (Bajichi), water well in the
Raramuri language,
[Domínguez, R. C. (2006). Basúchil. Chihuahua, México: Ediciones Del Azar A. C.] is a town in the
municipality of Guerrero,
State of Chihuahua,
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
. It was founded in 1649 as a presidio to protect the Jesuit mission in the Tarahumara Papigochi region a few miles to the west, now Cd. Guerrero.
[Terrazas, Z. M. (2005). Memoria del Papigóchic: siglos XVII y XVIII. Chihuahua, Chih.: Kosmos.] Basúchil was initially named La Villa de Aguilar by his founder Diego Guajardo Fajardo governor of the New Vizcaya in honor to his home town, Aguilar de la Frontera, Spain. In 1652 the town was destroyed and its inhabitants assassinated by an attack incited by the lider Tarahumara , years later it was resettled and renamed Basúchil.
[Whitt, E. B., & Brondo, M. A. (2008). Los Patriarcas del Papigochi. Chihuahua, Chih: La Prensa.] The Adolfo Lopez Mateos-Madera Highway (Route 16) passes on the east side.
Abraham González, later governor of Chihuahua, was born in Basúchil in 1864.
[de Martinez, Irene Brandtner y Nava (2008) "Chihuahua Governor Abraham González, a Descendant of New Mexicans" ''La Herencia'' 58: p. 34] Ángel González, the ''
ranchera
Ranchera () or canción ranchera is a genre of traditional music of Mexico. It dates to before the years of the Mexican Revolution. Rancheras today are played in the vast majority of regional Mexican music styles. Drawing on rural traditional fo ...
'' composer best known for his seminal narcocorrido, "Contrabando y Traición," lived most of his life in Basúchil.
[Wald, Elijah (2002) "Chapter 1: The Father of Camelia: Ángel González''Narcocorrido: a journey into the music of drugs, guns, and guerrillas'' Rayo, New York]
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Economy
In the 20th century, Mennonites from the area around Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, introduced apple trees; as a result, apples became one of the region's main industries, along with beef cattle. Corn, beans, and potatoes are also cultivated throughout the region.
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External links
Photographs of Basúchilat Pueblos America
Guarnición de soldados en la villa de Aguilarat Archivo General de Indias
Pacificación de tarahumarasat Archivo General de Indias
Video AgostoBasúchil Monsoon Season
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Populated places in Chihuahua (state)
Populated places established in 1640
1640 establishments in the Spanish Empire