Apatzingán

Apatzingán
City
Apatzingán de la Constitución

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Nickname(s): La Perla de Tierra Caliente, Cuna de la Constitución Mexicana
Apatzingán
Location of Apatzingán in Mexico
Apatzingán
Apatzingán (Mexico)
Coordinates: 19°05′19″N 102°21′03″W / 19.08861°N 102.35083°W / 19.08861; -102.35083Coordinates: 19°05′19″N 102°21′03″W / 19.08861°N 102.35083°W / 19.08861; -102.35083
Country Mexico
State Michoacán
Municipality Apatzingán
Founded 1617
Government
 • Municipal President Uriel Chávez Mendoza (PRI)
Elevation 325 m (1,066 ft)
Population (2010)[1]
 • Total 99,010
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 453
Website Official Website

Apatzingán (in full, Apatzingán de la Constitución) is a city and its surrounding municipality, in the west-central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán.

Geography

The Municipality of Apatzingán is located in the Tierra Caliente Valley. It has an area of 1,656.67 km² (639.64 sq mi), and reported a population of 99,010 (2010).

The city of Apatzingán is the fourth-largest in Michoacán (behind Morelia, Uruapan, and Zamora), with a 2005 census population of 93,180 persons.

The major Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range and the municipality of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares are to the west.

History

Mexico's Constitution of Apatzingán was signed in the city in 1814, during the Mexican War of Independence in the Viceroyalty of New Spain against the Spanish Empire.

Climate

Despite having an annual precipitation of 752 millimetres (29.6 in), Apatzingán has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification Bsh) due to its hot temperatures and high evaporation rates.[2]

Climate data for Apatzingán
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 38.0
(100.4)		 39.0
(102.2)		 42.0
(107.6)		 43.0
(109.4)		 46.5
(115.7)		 44.0
(111.2)		 43.0
(109.4)		 39.5
(103.1)		 39.0
(102.2)		 41.5
(106.7)		 43.0
(109.4)		 37.0
(98.6)		 46.5
(115.7)
Average high °C (°F) 32.3
(90.1)		 33.8
(92.8)		 36.4
(97.5)		 39.0
(102.2)		 40.0
(104)		 37.8
(100)		 34.7
(94.5)		 34.1
(93.4)		 33.7
(92.7)		 34.1
(93.4)		 34.0
(93.2)		 32.9
(91.2)		 35.2
(95.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 24.7
(76.5)		 26.0
(78.8)		 28.4
(83.1)		 30.7
(87.3)		 32.7
(90.9)		 31.6
(88.9)		 29.2
(84.6)		 28.5
(83.3)		 28.2
(82.8)		 28.2
(82.8)		 27.3
(81.1)		 25.7
(78.3)		 28.4
(83.1)
Average low °C (°F) 17.1
(62.8)		 18.1
(64.6)		 20.3
(68.5)		 22.4
(72.3)		 25.4
(77.7)		 25.5
(77.9)		 23.6
(74.5)		 22.9
(73.2)		 22.7
(72.9)		 22.2
(72)		 20.7
(69.3)		 18.5
(65.3)		 21.6
(70.9)
Record low °C (°F) 8.5
(47.3)		 10.0
(50)		 13.0
(55.4)		 13.0
(55.4)		 17.5
(63.5)		 15.0
(59)		 17.0
(62.6)		 18.5
(65.3)		 19.0
(66.2)		 14.0
(57.2)		 11.0
(51.8)		 10.0
(50)		 8.5
(47.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 17.1
(0.673)		 1.1
(0.043)		 0.8
(0.031)		 0.6
(0.024)		 11.2
(0.441)		 129.5
(5.098)		 166.2
(6.543)		 175.2
(6.898)		 148.5
(5.846)		 81.9
(3.224)		 14.6
(0.575)		 5.2
(0.205)		 751.9
(29.602)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 1.6 11.4 14.6 14.3 12.3 5.6 1.5 0.6 64.1
Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010.
  2. ↑ Kottek, M.; J. Grieser; C. Beck; B. Rudolf; F. Rubel (2006). "World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated" (PDF). Meteorol. Z. 15 (3): 259–263. doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  3. ↑ NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1971-2000 (in Spanish). National Meteorological Service of Mexico. Retrieved August 28, 2012.

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