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It was founded in the year 1639 by the Portuguese Jesuit Bartolomé Castaño, under the name of San Pedro de Aconchi, as a religious mission, with the purpose of evangelizing the Opata tribes that lived in thatplaceatthetimeoftheconquest.
Its name comes from the indigenous language of the ópata, originally from the word Acotzi which is interpreted as "In the walls", it comes from the linguistic roots Aco which means "wall" and Tzi which means "in place".
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It is located 432 kilometers from the border city of Heroica Nogales on the border with the United States and 147 kilometers from Hermosillo, the state capital. Aconchi is one of the towns that are located on the banks of the Sonora River and is located on state highway 89, the route through which the tourist route of the Sonora River runs, and the town is one of the destinations visited by touristsduetoitsantiquityandarchitecture
The Aconchi Hot Springs Waterfall, located in the Los Alisos town, has a very pleasant ambient temperature, with an excellent view of the area's vegetation