Apatzingán

Apatzingán
City
Apatzingán de la Constitución
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Apatzingán, Michoacán Mexico
Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Apatzingán, Michoacán Mexico
Official seal of Apatzingán
Seal
Nicknames: 
La Perla de Tierra Caliente, Cuna de la Constitución Mexicana
Apatzingán is located in Michoacán
Apatzingán
Apatzingán
Location of Apatzingán in Mexico
Apatzingán is located in Mexico
Apatzingán
Apatzingán
Apatzingán (Mexico)
Coordinates: 19°05′19″N 102°21′03″W / 19.08861°N 102.35083°W / 19.08861; -102.35083
CountryMexico
StateMichoacán
MunicipalityApatzingán
Founded1617
Government
 • Municipal PresidentJose torres (PRI)
Elevation
325 m (1,066 ft)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
99,010
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code453
WebsiteOfficial Website

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

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.

Six federal police officers were charged with murder on August 21, 2019 for their supposed involvement in a police operation that left nine dead on January 6, 2015 in Apatzingán. At least nine people died and several were injured when police fired against members and sympathizers of self-defense groups who had taken over the municipal palace.[2]

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 sixth-largest in Michoacán (behind Morelia, Uruapan, Zamora, Lázaro Cárdenas, and Zitacuaro), with a 2015 census population of 128,250 persons.

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

Apatzigán in the Tierra Caliente region.

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.[3]

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)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 32.3
(90.1) 		33.8
(92.8) 		36.4
(97.5) 		39.0
(102.2) 		40.0
(104.0) 		37.8
(100.0) 		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)
Mean daily minimum °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
(72.0) 		20.7
(69.3) 		18.5
(65.3) 		21.6
(70.9)
Record low °C (°F) 8.5
(47.3) 		10.0
(50.0) 		13.0
(55.4) 		13.0
(55.4) 		17.5
(63.5) 		15.0
(59.0) 		17.0
(62.6) 		18.5
(65.3) 		19.0
(66.2) 		14.0
(57.2) 		11.0
(51.8) 		10.0
(50.0) 		8.5
(47.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 17.1
(0.67) 		1.1
(0.04) 		0.8
(0.03) 		0.6
(0.02) 		11.2
(0.44) 		129.5
(5.10) 		166.2
(6.54) 		175.2
(6.90) 		148.5
(5.85) 		81.9
(3.22) 		14.6
(0.57) 		5.2
(0.20) 		751.9
(29.60)
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[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010.
  2. ^ "Detienen a seis policías federales por matanza de 2015 en Apatzingán" [Arrest six federal police for killing in 2015 in Apatzingan], Informador.mx (in Spanish), August 22, 2019, retrieved August 22, 2019
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Normales Climatológicas 1971-2000 (in Spanish). National Meteorological Service of Mexico. Retrieved August 28, 2012.

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