In this blog:

We will talk about the beautiful state of Sonora and some municipalities

domingo, 1 de diciembre de 2013

Alamos

Alamos is a beautiful municipality of the state of Sonora. Is located in the south east of the state and has 25848 inhabitants. 


The city itself is a mounument worth visiting. has beautiful cobbled streets and old buildings



Alamos was founded on December 8, 1682




To maintain its history and traditions alive each year various special events such as the festival held in honor of Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, known as "the tenor of America" and that makes Alamos in the capital of culture are made in Sonora.
Other major events throughout the year as the Feast of Our Lady of La Balvanera, the International Film Festival "Magico Alamos" or the festivity of the Immaculate Conception was also performed







Atil & Arizpe

Arizpe was founded on August 22 in 1646, it's name means red ants. 
Is located in the north-central of the state and has 1718 inhabitants 


This municipality has tourist atracctions such the variety of vegetation and the Virgen de la Asuncion church



Visit Arizpe in April, The Carabana del Recuerdo is held, is the best party is a fair here axhibitions of motorcycles, horses, food stalls and in the evening there is dancing in the main  square.

 Atil  was founded in 1751. The name of the this place means arrowhead in the Pima. Is located north of the state of Sonora. has a population of 609 inhabitants


Atil on October  celebrated in honor to San Francisco de Asís, where dancing fro Braids, wich is dance qhere everyone are dancing together in a circle, while one person is in the center with a ribbon or scarf directing the dance.










sábado, 30 de noviembre de 2013

Agua Prieta

Agua Prieta is a town in the state of Sonora, Mexico. It was founded in 1899, recognized as a city since 1942.
It is located in the northeast of the state and bordering Douglas, Arizona, United States.
has a population of 80,000 people.

The most representative buildings of this city is the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with its contemporary architecture that brings together residents and visitors.
Meanwhile the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, also considered a contemporary building, is built of brick.
Another tourist attraction is the shopping malls offering a wide range of products and quality items, domestic and imported.







Agua Prieta

Altar & Arivechi

Altar is a beautiful town in the state of Sonora.
Is located in the northern part of the state, with more than 55,000 inhabitants.
Altar is one of the hottest locations throughout the northern hemisphere, with maximum temperatures reaching 46.5 ° C in the shade and sun 50 ° C or more. It usually happens that in July the thermometer reaches and exceeds 40 ° C for 24 days of the 31 days that has the seventh month of the year.

It has architectural monuments as the parish church, built in 1886, is appealing the popular festival of the place organized to celebrate the 12th of December. It is also worthy to visit the mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a temple that despite having been rebuilt yet retains architectural features of the original building. It has a very extensive ecological reserve and plenty of variety called pinacate




Arivechi is a small municipality in the state of Sonora. is located in the eastern part of the state and has 743 inhabitants.


Arivechi has a kiosk that is identical to the mall kiosk the Santa Maria Rivera, located in the city of Mexico, is a masterpiece of San Javier Arivechi.
In his parties are the 4 September feasting on Santa Rosalia, in which the dancers danced, at the police station Bámori the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on the first Sunday in October, is celebrated in Tarachi San Isidro Labrador on 15 May and dance matachin 4 September in honor of the patron saint.



Altar & Arivechi