Bacobampo is a town in Etchojoa Municipality in the state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is situated on the west bank of the Mayo River,[1] 20 km north of Huatabampo and 25 km southwest of Navajoa. It is an agricultural town, surrounded by fields. Bacobampo is 22 meters above sea level.[2]
Bacobampo | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Bacobampo | |
| Coordinates: 26°59′20″N 109°39′00″W / 26.98889°N 109.65000°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Sonora |
| Municipality | Etchojoa |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 8,539 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Pacific MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (No DST) |
| Postal code | 85287 |
| Area code | 647 |
According to the 2010 INEGI census, the town's population was 8,539 inhabitants,[3] making it the second most populated settlement in the municipality.
History edit
The Mayo people have continuously inhabited the valley since pre-Hispanic times. The name Bacobampo comes from the local Mayo language, meaning "Baco" (Snake) + "Bampo" (Water), or "Snake in/near the Water".[4] The original name of the settlement was Cumbrocoa or Cumbrocobe, but was changed to its current name in 1895 – when the Mayo River would dry up, the natives noticed snakes in the puddles left behind.[5]
In 1903, the Salido brothers arrived from Álamos and began working the land.[5] Two years later, the settlement classification of Bacobampo was upgraded from ranchería to delegación.[5] In 1920, the brothers decided to split up their land: Ildefonso and Epifanio got their own part in Bacobampo while José María went to Basconcobe.[5] They found success cultivating wheat, maize, beans and chickpeas.[6] Bacobampo was then established as a comisaría on 1 January 1929.[5]
In the 1930s, the federal government invested in the northern border states, building several dams to develop the region's agriculture.[7] The subsequent agricultural boom caused a population surge in Sonoran towns near these dams such as Bacobampo and Colonia Irrigación (which would become Villa Juárez).[8] In 1938, the hacienda of Bacobampo was redistributed to 802 peasants as a part of President Lázaro Cárdenas's land reform policies, and a collective ejido system was set up.[5][6] Although the cooperative arrangement seemed to work well at first, the group divided into two groups: "collectivists" that were in favor of continuing to share the profits and "individualists" that preferred to break away from the group.[6] Violence broke out and the problem got so serious that Cárdenas visited the town in June 1939 to restore the peace.[6]
Education edit
There are two middle schools, Lázaro Cárdenas del Río and Gregorio Ahumada,[9][10] as well as one high school, CECYTES.[11]
Notable people edit
- Antonio Leyva Duarte, politician and member of the LVI Legislature of the Congress of Sonora[12]
- Juan Manuel Verdugo Rosas, politician and member of the LX Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies[1]
- Christian Zazueta, baseball player and national team member[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "¿Qué hacer por Bacobampo?". Termometro en Línea (in Spanish). 17 March 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Digital Elevation Data - with SRTM voids filled using accurate topographic mapping". www.viewfinderpanoramas.org. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ^ "Información de localidad". Catálogo de Localidades (in Spanish). SEDESOL. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Christian Zazueta: su momento decisivo" (in Spanish). Minor League Baseball. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Robles Ibarra, Abimelec. "LOS CAMPESINOS DEL EJIDO BACOBAMPO N° 3. UNA REFLEXIÓN EN TORNO A SU ASUNCIÓN TEÓRICA AL CAMPESINADO" (PDF). Cuaderno de Trabajo No. 6 (in Spanish). Universidad de Sonora Sociology Department. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d Trejo Contreras, Zulema (June 1999). "Tras las huellas de un sueño: Bacobampo, de hacienda de los hermanos Salido a ejido colectivo". Indicios (in Spanish). No. 3. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Jiménez González, Víctor Manuel (2010). Sonora: Guía para descubrir los encantos del estado (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Océano de Mexico SA de CV. p. 40. ISBN 978-607-400-319-2.
- ^ "Etchojoa". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Secretariat of the Interior. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Palomares, Jesús (30 November 2020). "Se queman mesabancos en escuela de Bacobampo". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "PRACTICAN "OPERACIÓN MOCHILA" EN SECUNDARIA DE BACOBAMPO". Baja Star (in Spanish). 17 February 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Condicionan educación en Cecytes de Bacobampo". Diario del Yaqui (in Spanish). 5 November 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Pineda, Nicolás (25 February 2001). "Ideas políticas". El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2022.