Introduction
City of Sonora, Mexico
This article is about the city. For the municipality of the same name, see Magdalena de Kino (municipality).
Crypt and monument to Eusebio Kino, at Magdalena
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. Its main sectors include San Ignacio, San Isidro, Tacicuri, and Sásabe. The city was named after the pioneer Roman Catholic missionary and explorer, Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, who worked in the area, as well as in the present-day US state of Arizona.
History
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Magdalena de Kino in 1961
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.[citation needed]
Mission Santa María Magdalena de Buquivaba: 18  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.: 64 
The chapel was rebuilt beginning in 1705, under the supervision of Agustín de Campos [es]. 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.[citation needed]
Native raiders repeatedly destroyed the mission complex during the eighteenth century. It was rebuilt in 1730, and destroyed again in 1757.[citation needed] Raiders attacked again in 1776, when Pedro Font was the missionary in residence. A new church had been erected by 1851.: 65 
Geography
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Climate[edit]
Climate data for Magdalena de Kino (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1987–2023)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
32(90)
36(97)
38(100)
41(106)
46(115)
48(118)
48.5(119.3)
48(118)
45(113)
41(106)
39(102)
32(90)
48.5(119.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
21.6(70.9)
23.0(73.4)
26.8(80.2)
30.7(87.3)
35.1(95.2)
40.0(104.0)
38.7(101.7)
37.7(99.9)
36.3(97.3)
32.3(90.1)
26.3(79.3)
21.0(69.8)
30.8(87.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)
12.7(54.9)
14.1(57.4)
17.2(63.0)
20.5(68.9)
24.7(76.5)
30.0(86.0)
30.7(87.3)
29.9(85.8)
28.2(82.8)
23.0(73.4)
17.0(62.6)
12.4(54.3)
21.7(71.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
3.8(38.8)
5.3(41.5)
7.7(45.9)
10.3(50.5)
14.3(57.7)
20.0(68.0)
22.7(72.9)
22.2(72.0)
20.0(68.0)
13.6(56.5)
7.8(46.0)
3.8(38.8)
12.6(54.7)
Record low °C (°F)
−6.5(20.3)
−7(19)
−1(30)
2(36)
4(39)
9(48)
12.5(54.5)
0(32)
12(54)
−1(30)
−3(27)
−6.5(20.3)
−7(19)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
27.1(1.07)
35.6(1.40)
21.8(0.86)
7.2(0.28)
3.2(0.13)
16.2(0.64)
98.3(3.87)
120.3(4.74)
67.7(2.67)
18.3(0.72)
23.7(0.93)
32.3(1.27)
471.7(18.57)
Average rainy days
3.8
3.8
2.8
0.9
0.8
2.8
11.1
11.0
6.6
2.1
2.4
4.2
52.3
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
