Sonoita (Sonora)

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Sonoita
Coordinates: 31 ° 52 ′  N , 112 ° 51 ′  W
Map: Sonora
marker
Sonoita
Sonoita on the map of Sonora
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Sonora
Municipio General Plutarco Elías Calles
Residents 12,849  (2010)
Detailed data
height 400  m
Time zone UTC −7

Sonoita (also Sonoyta ) is the capital of the Municipio General Plutarco Elías Calles in the Mexican state of Sonora . It is across from Lukeville in Arizona , USA . It has 12849 inhabitants (as of 2010) and is 400 meters above sea level. To the west of Sonoita is Gran Desierto de Pinacate .

history

In 1694 the Jesuit order founded the mission "San Marcelo de Sonoyta", which was destroyed on the night of November 21st to November 22nd, 1751 during a revolt of the Pima Indians . The Jesuit priest Heinrich Ruhen was killed in this attack. Only five years later, in 1756, was his body recovered and buried by the missionary Ignaz Pfefferkorn . The mission was not re-established. It was not until 1771 that a regular Christian service could be held again. On the 250th anniversary of Ruhen's death, the Borsum "Freundeskreis Pater Heinrich Ruhen" built a memorial chapel in Sonoita. In 2006 the chapel was decorated with sacred works of art by the painter and sculptor Werner Schubert-Deister . In Borsum , the birthplace of Ruhen, a "Sonoyta Square" commemorates the city.