Ónavas

Ónavas is a small town surrounded by Onavas Municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.

The name Ónavas comes from the Cahita language and means salty water.

[citation needed] It was founded in 1622 as Mission San Ignacio de Loyola de Ónavas by two Jesuit missionaries: Diego Vandersipe and Blas Paredes.

Main crops are alfalfa, beans, corn and the production of fodder for the cattle industry.

Sonora Turismo Cattle raising was carried out by sixty percent of the work force (2000) and there were 6,614 head of cattle.