Cananea, Mexico
Heroica Ciudad de Cananea
Cananea is a town of 31,560 people in Sonora, Mexico.
Why visit Cananea
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark and 2 parks and trails in and around town.
Weather in Cananea
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About Cananea
Cananea is a city in the Mexican state of Sonora, Northwestern Mexico. It is the seat of the Municipality of Cananea, in the vicinity of the U.S−Mexico border.
From the Wikipedia article Cananea (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Parks, trails and playgrounds2
Shopping2
Gas and EV charging1
History
The first non-indigenous inhabitants of the present day Cananea, arrived in 1760 from other parts of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial México).
In the 19th century General Ignacio Pesqueira, from nearby Arizpe, retired to Cananea. He fought against the Apache who raided the area. One time, while following them into the mountains, he discovered the abandoned Spanish mines and by 1868 he had renewed the extraction of minerals in the Cananea mines. General Pesqueira's wife, Elena Pesqueira Pesqueira, "discovered" a nearby mountain range (sierra) and the General named the highest peak La Elenita ("The Little Helen", 9,327 feet or 2,843 meters above sea level) in her honor. The other peak is named La Mariquita ("The Little Mary", 8,123 feet or 2,476 meters above sea level).
From the History section of Cananea on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Map of Cananea
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Getting there and nearby towns
Cananea Airport (CNA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 21 km away.
- Sierra Vista Southeast 53 km north, about 53 min by car
- Naco 54 km northeast, about 54 min by car
- Bisbee 58 km northeast, about 58 min by car
- Sierra Vista 65 km north, about 1 h by car
- Nogales 71 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Huachuca City 72 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Nogales 74 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Whetstone 82 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Douglas 86 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Rio Rico 87 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Cananea Sonora, Sergio Orozco, CC0
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