Magdalena de Kino, Mexico
Magdalena de Kino is a town of 26,605 people in Sonora, Mexico, founded in 1700.
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About Magdalena de Kino
Magdalena de Kino (Spanish pronunciation: [maɣðaˈlena ðe ˈkino] ) is a city, part of the surrounding municipality of the same name, located in the Mexican state of Sonora covering approximately 560 square miles (1,460 square kilometers). According to the 2005 census, the city's population was 23,101, and the municipality's was 25,500. Magdalena de Kino is in the northern section of Sonora 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the Mexico-U.S. border. To the north the municipality abuts Nogales; to the south, the municipality of Santa Ana; to the east, Ímuris and Cucurpe; and to the west, the municipalities of Tubutama and Sáric.
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History
Originally, the territory was populated by the Papagos (Tohono O'odham) and Pimas (Akimel O'odham). The first missions were established in 1687, with the arrival of Eusebio Francisco Kino.
Mission Santa María Magdalena de Buquivaba was Kino's personal headquarters from about 1690. The first chapel was built by Jesuit missionary Luis María Pineli in 1690 or 1691, and burned by natives in 1695 as retaliation for La Matanza.
The chapel was rebuilt beginning in 1705, under the supervision of Agustín de Campos. Kino died in Magdalena in 1711, and was buried in the chapel. The municipal seat was founded at the beginning of the 18th century by Lieutenant Juan Bautista Escalante.
Native raiders repeatedly destroyed the mission complex during the eighteenth century. It was rebuilt in 1730, and destroyed again in 1757. Raiders attacked again in 1776, when Pedro Font was the missionary in residence. A new church had been erected by 1851.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Nogales International Airport (NOG) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 67 km away.
- El Tasicuri 5 km northeast, about 5 min by car
- San Ignacio 9 km northeast, about 9 min by car
- Santa Ana 18 km southwest, about 18 min by car
- El Crucero 18 km northeast, about 18 min by car
- Campo Carretero 19 km northeast, about 19 min by car
- La Estación 19 km northeast, about 19 min by car
- Santa Ana Viejo 19 km southwest, about 19 min by car
- Imuris 21 km northeast, about 21 min by car
- Nogales 76 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Nogales 82 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
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- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
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- Plaza Juárez Magdalena 1, Metamario, CC BY-SA 4.0
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