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Geography

The missions are in an area of the Sonoran Desert called "Pimería Alta," or "Upper Pima Country." It is now divided between the Mexican state of Sonora and the U.S. state of Arizona. Sonoran Desert wildlife Mountains in the Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert is a North American desert which straddles part of the border between the United States and Mexico and covers large parts of the states of Arizona, California and Sonora. ... An area of 18th century New Spain, the Pimería Alta (upper land of the Pimas) encompassed modern southern Arizona in the United States and northern Sonora in Mexico. ... The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico) comprises 31 states (estados) and one federal district (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. ... A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, with the District of Columbia, forms the United States of America. ... State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Official languages English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano (D) Senators John McCain (R) Jon Kyl (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 6th 295,254 km² 0. ...

Mountains in the Sonoran Desert

A mountain range in the Sonoran desert. ... A mountain range in the Sonoran desert. ...

Father Kino

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In the Spring of 1867, a Jesuit missionary named Father Eusebio Francisco Kino lived and worked with the Native Americans in the area called the "Pimería Alta," or "Upper Pima Country," which presently is located in the areas between the Mexican state of Sonora and the the state of Arizona in the United States. During Father Eusebio Kino's stay in the Pimería Alta he founded over twenty missions in eight mission districts. 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Bronze by Suzanne Silvercruys. ... An area of 18th century New Spain, the Pimería Alta (upper land of the Pimas) encompassed modern southern Arizona in the United States and northern Sonora in Mexico. ... Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. ... State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Official languages English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano (D) Senators John McCain (R) Jon Kyl (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 6th 295,254 km² 0. ...

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The missions

• Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores: founded on March 13, 1687. This was the first mission founded by Father Kino. By 1744, the mission was abandoned. The cemetery remains on the site of the Tumacácori National Historical Park in Southern Arizona.

• Nuestra Señora de los Remedios was founded in 1687 and was abandoned by 1730. Nothing remains of this mission.

• San Ignacio de Caborica was founded in 1687 and is located in Sonora.

• San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama was founded in 1687

• Santa Teresa de Atil was founded in 1687

• Santa Maria Magdalena was founded in 1687, located in Sonora.

• San José de Imuris was founded in 1687.

• Nuestra Señora del Pilar y Santiago de Cocóspera was founded in 1689. It is located in Cocóspera, Sonora.

• San Antonio Paduano del Oquitoa was founded in 1689. It is located in Oquitoa, Sonora.

• San Diego del Pitiquito was founded in 1689. It is located in Pitiquito, Sonora.

• San Luis Bacoancos was founded in 1691

• San Cayetano de Tumacácori Mission was built in 1732, but construction stopped in 1822 due to lack of funds. The farming land around the mission was sold at auction in 1834 and the mission was abandoned by 1840. It is now a National Monument in Tumacácori National Historical Park in Southern Arizona.

• Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi was founded in 1691

• San Lázaro was founded in 1691

• San Xavier del Bac (O'odham [Papago]: Va:k), now in Tucson, Arizona, founded in 1692, the present building dates from 1785. The interior is richly decorated with ornaments showing a mixture of New Spain and Native American artistic motifs. It is still used by Tohono O'odham and Yaqui tribal members.

San Xavier del Bac

• San Cosme y Damián de Tucson: 1692

• La Purísima Concepción de Nuestra Señora de Caborca: 1693

• Santa María Suamca: 1693

• San Valentín de Busanic: 1693

• Nuestra Señora de Loreto y San Marcelo de Sonoyta: 1693

• Nuestra Señora de la Ascención de Opodepe: 1704

• Los Santos Reyes de Sonoita: (1692)

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See also

• Spanish colonization of the Americas
• Reductions
• Jesuit Reductions
• Jesuit Asia missions
• Spanish missions in Arizona
• Spanish missions in California
• Spanish missions in Mexico
• Spanish missions in Texas
• Spanish missions in Trinidad

Spanish conquest and colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in America of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ... Reductions were colonies settled by the Jesuits in the Tupi-Guarani areas of Brazil and Spanish America in order to civilise and cathequise the Indians. ... The Jesuit Reductions were a particular version of the general Spanish colonial strategy of building reducciones de indios in order to civilise and cathequise the native populations of South America. ... The Jesuits, or Society of Jesus, a Catholic religious order, have had a long history of missions in East and South Asia almost since their very foundation in the 16th century under St. ... Beginning in 1493, the Kingdom of Spain maintained a number of missions throughout Nueva España (New Spain, consisting of Mexico and portions of what today are the Southwestern United States) in order to facilitate colonization of these lands. ... The Spanish Missions in California (more simply referred to as the California Missions) comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans, to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier... The Spanish missions in Mexico are a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, Jesuits, Augustinians, and Dominicans, to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives. ... The Spanish Missions in Texas comprise a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans, to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land. ... Spanish Missions were established in the New World as part of the Spanish Colonisation of its new possessions. ...

External links

• The Missions of the Californias and Beyond
• Kino Missions
• Arizona Education, Kino Missions
• Bibliography, Kino Missions