page_title: Soyopa
hierarchical_section_title: Soyopa
caption_attribution_description: Español: Plaza principal de Soyopa
context_page_description: Soyopa is a town in Soyopa Municipality, in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Sonora. The elevation is 350 meters.
  The main economic activities are cattle raising, agriculture, and mining.
  Silver was mined here beginning in the eighteenth century and the town had its economic heyday around 1880. After that the silver mines ran out and the population declined.
context_section_description: Soyopa (Yaqui: "hot land") is a town in Soyopa Municipality, in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Sonora.  The elevation is 350 meters.  
  The main economic activities are cattle raising (16,000 head in 2000), agriculture (rye, sorghum, wheat), and mining.
  Silver was mined here beginning in the eighteenth century and the town had its economic heyday around 1880.  After that the silver mines ran out and the population declined.
caption: Soyopa main square
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