Suaqui Grande is a town in
Suaqui Grande Municipality, in the eastern region of the
Mexican state 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 ...
. It was founded in 1620 by the
Jesuit
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
missionary
Martín Burgencio as San Ignacio de Suaqui.
Economy
The main economic activities are cattle raising, growing of grass for cattle feed and
subsistence agriculture.
External links
Suaqui Grande, Ayuntamiento Digital''(Official Website of Suaqui Grande, Sonora)''
''(Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)''
References
{{Sonora
Missions in Sonora
Jesuit history in North America