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Tubutama | |
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| Coordinates:30°53′5″N111°27′50″W / 30.88472°N 111.46389°W /30.88472; -111.46389 | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Sonora |
| Municipality | Tubutama |
| Founded | late C.17th |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Elmer Montoya Gaxiola |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Zona Pacífico(US Mountain)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (NoDST) |
Tubutama is a town in the north-west of theMexican state ofSonora. It serves as the seat for thesurrounding municipality of the same name.
The municipal area is 1,351.60 km2 (521.86 sq mi), and the population was 1,798 in 2005. The main economic activities are cattle raising (11,000 head in 2005) and subsistence farming.
Eusebio Kino,SJ, foundedMission San Pedro y San Pablo del Tubutama in 1691. Tubutama was the headquarters of religious administration for the entirePimería Alta during much of theJesuit andFranciscan period of Spanish colonial rule.
