Apatzingán
Apatzingán | ||
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City | ||
Apatzingán de la Constitución | ||
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Nickname(s): La Perla de Tierra Caliente, Cuna de la Constitución Mexicana | ||
Location of Apatzingán in Mexico | ||
Coordinates: 19°05′19″N 102°21′03″W / 19.08861°N 102.35083°WCoordinates: 19°05′19″N 102°21′03″W / 19.08861°N 102.35083°W | ||
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 | CST (UTC-6) | |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | |
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[edit]
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[edit]
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.
Cartels[edit]
Recently Apatzingán has received media attention because of the strong presence of notorious, powerful and wealthy drug trafficking cartels.[2] The city is home to the Knights Templar Cartel, led by Servando Gómez Martínez, known as "La Tuta", originally a teacher in Arteaga. In October 2013, the cartel carried out a series of attacks on electricity plants and offices of the Comisión Federal de Electricidad, and attacked a protest march organized by community defense groups against the cartels.[3] The Bishop of Apatzingán, Miguel Patiño, released a letter calling Michocacán a failed state ruled by drug lords, and described the citizens of Apatzingán as living in perpetual fear of the cartels and the related violence, extortion and kidnappings.[4]
Climate[edit]
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.[5]
Climate data for Apatzingán | |||||||||||||
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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[6] |
References[edit]
- ^ "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010.
- ^ Mexico: State Legislator Hacked to Death During an Interview Reuters September 12, 2013
- ^ http://aristeguinoticias.com/2810/mexico/video-asi-fue-la-balacera-entre-comunitarios-y-templarios-el-sabado-en-apatzingan-michoacan/
- ^ http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=357071
- ^ 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.
- ^ NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1971-2000[permanent dead link] (in Spanish). National Meteorological Service of Mexico. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
- Michoacán Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
- " Photograph from Apatzingan's main church
External links[edit]
- Ayuntamiento de Apatzingán Official website
- [1] Apatzingan Map