Bavispe is a small town and a municipality in the northeast part of the Mexican state of Sonora.
It has boundaries with the following municipalities: in the north with Agua Prieta, in the south with Bacerac, in the west with Nacozari and in the east with the state of Chihuahua.
Most of the area is mountainous, since it lies on the west side of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
[1] The only river of any importance is the Rio Bavispe, which begins in Chihuahua and crosses the region from north to south.
[2] On May 2, 1887, a strong earthquake, felt as far north as Central Arizona, reduced the church of San Miguel de Bavispe to a crumbled wreck and left every home in the village uninhabitable.