Have You Heard of the Town Balleza in Chihuahua, Mexico?

Balleza is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Mariano Balleza. The municipality covers an area of 7,073.6 km². As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 17,672, up from 16,325 as of 2005.

(San Pablo Balleza)
Town
Coordinates: 26°57′N 106°21′WCoordinates: 26°57′N 106°21′W
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Municipality	Balleza
Founded (mission)	1640
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,087

Mariano Balleza is a town in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, close to the border with Durango. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of Balleza.

History

It was in this vicinity that Juan Fontes founded the first Jesuit mission to the Tarahumara in 1607, however that mission was abandoned during the Tepehuan war against the SPanish starting in 1616.

This specific settlement was founded as a Jesuit mission, with the name San Pablo Tepehuanes, in 1640, as part of the efforts to evangelise the local Tepehuan people; this was one of the earliest missions in that part of New Spain. In 1830 the State Congress renamed it in honour of Fr. Mariano Balleza, who fought alongside Miguel Hidalgo in the War of Independence. The town is still informally known as San Pablo Balleza.

 

Personal Note: My mother's maiden name was Paz Barrido Balleza. My own full name is David Balleza Katague, Jr.  For My Balleza and Tupas ancestry from the Philippines visit:

 https://davidbkatague.blogspot.com/search?q=balleza+ancestry

Meanwhile enjoy these photos of the first blooms of my okra, ampalaya and tomato plants

  The yellow okra flower ( bottom left of the picture)

The small yellow flower in the center of the picture- Ampalaya 

Look closely at the small yellow flowers on top of picture

Question: Do you know why the flowers of these three plants are yellow?