Basúchil
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Basúchil is a village in the municipality of Guerrero, State of Chihuahua, Mexico
. It was founded in 1710 and was initially named San Antonio de la Villa de Aguilar, which was later changed to Communidad de Basúchil. Cerro de Miñaca (Miñaca Hill), a butte
, is the landmark above the town. The Adolfo Lopez Mateos-Madera Highway (Route 16) passes on the east side of the village.
In 2002 Elijah Wald described the village thusly: "It is something between a small town and what is known as a rancho, a dusty desert hamlet indistinguishable from hundreds of others. The only paved street is the main road to Ciudad Guerrero, itself no more than a country byway, and the town runs along one side of it. On the other side is an expanse of yellow plain, divided by lines of barbed wire strung on scrap wood and broken by an occasional patch of green trees, stretching out to a line of black mountains on the horizon."
Abraham González
, later governor of Chihuahua, was born in Basúchil in 1864. Ángel González, the ranchera
composer best known for his seminal narcocorrido, "Contrabando y Traicion," lived most of his life in Basúchil.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It was founded in 1710 and was initially named San Antonio de la Villa de Aguilar, which was later changed to Communidad de Basúchil. Cerro de Miñaca (Miñaca Hill), a butte
Butte
A butte is a conspicuous isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; it is smaller than mesas, plateaus, and table landform tables. In some regions, such as the north central and northwestern United States, the word is used for any hill...
, is the landmark above the town. The Adolfo Lopez Mateos-Madera Highway (Route 16) passes on the east side of the village.
In 2002 Elijah Wald described the village thusly: "It is something between a small town and what is known as a rancho, a dusty desert hamlet indistinguishable from hundreds of others. The only paved street is the main road to Ciudad Guerrero, itself no more than a country byway, and the town runs along one side of it. On the other side is an expanse of yellow plain, divided by lines of barbed wire strung on scrap wood and broken by an occasional patch of green trees, stretching out to a line of black mountains on the horizon."
Abraham González
Abraham González
Abraham González Casavantes was the provisional and constitutional governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua during the early period of the Mexican Revolution...
, later governor of Chihuahua, was born in Basúchil in 1864. Ángel González, the ranchera
Ranchera
Ranchera is a genre of the traditional music of Mexico originally sung by only one performer with a guitar. It dates to the years of the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century. It later became closely associated with the mariachi groups which evolved in Jalisco. Ranchera today is also played...
composer best known for his seminal narcocorrido, "Contrabando y Traicion," lived most of his life in Basúchil.
External links
- Photographs of Basúchil at Foro-Mexico
- Photographs of Basúchil at Pueblos America