Cananea
| Heroica Ciudad de Cananea | ||
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Coordinates: 30 ° 59 ′ N , 110 ° 18 ′ W Heroica Ciudad de Cananea on the map of Sonora
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Sonora | |
| Municipio | Cananea | |
| City foundation | 1901 | |
| Residents | 31,560 (2010) | |
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| Detailed data | ||
| height | 1620 m | |
| Post Code | 84620-84635 | |
| Time zone | UTC −7 | |
| City Presidency | Prof. Jesús Reginaldo Moreno García ( PRI ) | |
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Cananea (official name: Heroica Ciudad de Cananea ) is a city in the Mexican state of Sonora with 31,560 inhabitants (as of 2010). The city is about 1,620 meters above sea level.
history
The area of today's urban area was originally settled by the Pima Indians . Whites first came to the area in 1760. Due to the rich copper deposits in the area, which were discovered by the American businessman William Cornell Greene (1851-1911) in 1899 and mined by the Greene Consolidated Copper Company , which was founded for this purpose , Cananea grew rapidly and in 1901 became the administrative center.
In June 1906 the Mexican miners Cananeas went on a major strike, protesting against the poor working conditions and the wages that were significantly lower than their American counterparts . In order to master the strikers, the governor Sonoras finally accepted the help of a 275-strong US posse , which was commanded by a member of the Arizona Rangers . With the help of these troops, the strike was bloodily suppressed, killing 23 people.
The fact that Mexican blood had been shed for foreign interests had a destabilizing effect on the regime of the dictatorial long-term Mexican president Porfirio Díaz (1830–1915). Nationalist feelings spread within the Mexican workforce and, not least, the strike of 1906 was partly responsible for the fact that many workers joined the Mexican Revolution that broke out in 1910 .
Twin cities
Sons and daughters
- Florence Hawley Ellis , anthropologist
- Raul Hector Castro , politician
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Cananea (Spanish)