Bácum

Bácum is a small city and municipality in the south of the Mexican state of Sonora at 27°32′N 110°05′W / 27.533°N 110.083°W / 27.533; -110.083. It is one of eight mission villages founded in the early seventeenth century by Spanish colonial Jesuit missionaries for the Yaqui whom they converted to Christianity. The Yaqui developed their own syncretic form of the religion. The area of the municipality is 1,409.7 km² (544.3 mi²); and the population was 21,322 in 2005. Of these, 3,600 resided in the municipal seat. The municipality is situated at an elevation of 50 meters (160 ft) above sea level. Bácum is bounded by the municipality of Cajeme in the east, Guaymas in the west and the Gulf of California in the south. The municipality lies...