Oquitoa

Oquitoa is a small town surrounded by its municipal area in the northwest of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 636.64 km² with a population of 402 registered in 2000. Most of this population lives in the small municipal seat. It is located at an elevation of 579 meters. Neighboring municipalities are Atil to the northeast; Trincheras to the southeast, and Altar to the west. It was founded in 1689 by the Jesuit missionary: Eusebio Kino. One theory is that the name Oquitoa means "white woman" in the Piman language. Another, taken from the 1910 publication "New Trails in Mexico" by Karl Lumholtz is that the name Oquitoa is taken from the O'odham or Piman Phrase, Hukit'o, "next to" or "nearby"(Lumholtz, p. 391, 1990) in...