Villa Pesqueira
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| Villa Pesqueira | |
  Villa Pesqueira
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| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Sonora |
| Municipality | Villa Pesqueira |
| Founded | 1629 |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Rafael del Castillo Ortiz |
| Elevation | 634 m (2,080 ft) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
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Villa Pesqueira is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the central region of the Mexican state of Sonora.
It was founded in 1629 by the missionary Martín de Azpilcueta as (San José de) Mátapa. The State Congress ordered the change to its current name on 11 February 1867.
The municipal area is 1,834.13 sq. km. and the population was 1,590, of whom 96% lived in the urban area. The main economic activities are cattle raising (18,000 head in 2005), subsistence farming, and mining.
[edit] External links
- Villa Pesqueira, Sonora (Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)
