Zinapecuaro

Coordinates : 19°51′31″N 100°49′38″W  /  19.85861°N 100.82722°W  / 19.85861; -100.82722
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Zinapecuaro
Municipality
Hidalgo Theatre [Wikidata] in Zinapécuaro de Figueroa
Hidalgo Theatre  [ Wikidata ] in Zinapecuaro de Figueroa
Location in Michoacán
Location in Michoacan
Zinapécuaro is located in Mexico
Zinapécuaro
Zinapecuaro
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°51′31″N 100°49′38″W  /  19.85861°N 100.82722°W  / 19.85861; -100.82722 [1]
Country   Mexico
State   Michoacan
Established 15 March 1825
Seat Zinapecuaro de Figueroa
Government
[2]
 ? President Alejandro Correa
Area
[3]
 ? Total 598.179 km 2 (230.958 sq mi)
Elevation
[1] (of seat)
1,887 m (6,191 ft)
Population
  (2010 Census) [3]
 ? Total 46,666
 ? Estimate 
(2015 Intercensal Survey) [4]
47,327
 ? Density 78/km 2 (200/sq mi)
 ? Seat
15,875
Time zone UTC-6 ( Central )
 ? Summer ( DST ) UTC-5 (Central)
Postal codes
58930?58967
Area code 451
Website Official website

Zinapecuaro is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacan , located 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of the state capital Morelia . [2]

Geography [ edit ]

The municipality of Zinapecuaro is located in northeast Michoacan on the border with Guanajuato . In Michoacan it borders the municipalities of Alvaro Obregon to the west, Indaparapeo and Querendaro to the southwest, Hidalgo to the southeast, and Maravatio to the east. To the north it borders the municipality of Acambaro in Guanajuato. [3] Zinapecuaro covers an area of 598.179 square kilometres (230.958 sq mi) and comprises 1.0% of the state's area. [4]

The flat western part of the municipality lies in the Lake Cuitzeo basin. Along the basin's eastern edge are a series of hills and ridges where the municipal seat is located. The Ucareo Valley in the eastern part of the municipality comprises part of an ancient caldera, and is over 700 metres (2,300 ft) higher in elevation than Lake Cuitzeo. It is an agricultural area flanked by forested hills and ridges. [5] [6]

Zinapecuaro's climate is temperate with summer rains. [2] Average annual precipitation in the municipality ranges between 700 and 1600 millimetres. [6]

Climate data for Zinapecuaro weather station (1981?2010 averages, 1951?2010 extremes)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 30.0
(86.0) 		33.0
(91.4) 		34.0
(93.2) 		37.8
(100.0) 		37.2
(99.0) 		40.0
(104.0) 		37.5
(99.5) 		37.0
(98.6) 		32.0
(89.6) 		32.0
(89.6) 		30.0
(86.0) 		31.0
(87.8) 		40.0
(104.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 24.4
(75.9) 		25.9
(78.6) 		27.9
(82.2) 		30.3
(86.5) 		30.5
(86.9) 		29.2
(84.6) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.3
(79.3) 		26.2
(79.2) 		26.1
(79.0) 		25.5
(77.9) 		24.7
(76.5) 		27.0
(80.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 14.9
(58.8) 		16.3
(61.3) 		18.0
(64.4) 		20.8
(69.4) 		21.9
(71.4) 		21.4
(70.5) 		19.8
(67.6) 		19.5
(67.1) 		19.3
(66.7) 		18.2
(64.8) 		16.5
(61.7) 		15.4
(59.7) 		18.5
(65.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 5.4
(41.7) 		6.8
(44.2) 		8.1
(46.6) 		11.3
(52.3) 		13.3
(55.9) 		13.6
(56.5) 		13.1
(55.6) 		12.7
(54.9) 		12.3
(54.1) 		10.3
(50.5) 		7.5
(45.5) 		6.0
(42.8) 		10.0
(50.0)
Record low °C (°F) ?4.0
(24.8) 		?4.0
(24.8) 		?1.0
(30.2) 		4.0
(39.2) 		7.0
(44.6) 		4.0
(39.2) 		5.7
(42.3) 		3.5
(38.3) 		0.0
(32.0) 		0.0
(32.0) 		?1.5
(29.3) 		?3.5
(25.7) 		?4.0
(24.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 19.1
(0.75) 		12.2
(0.48) 		4.9
(0.19) 		8.8
(0.35) 		42.1
(1.66) 		127.0
(5.00) 		216.3
(8.52) 		233.1
(9.18) 		153.2
(6.03) 		56.8
(2.24) 		14.5
(0.57) 		4.3
(0.17) 		892.3
(35.13)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.2 1.1 1.1 2.1 5.8 14.9 21.4 20.6 15.7 7.5 2.1 0.9 95.4
Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional [7] [8]

History [ edit ]

Two Purepecha words have been suggested as possible sources of the place name Zinapecuaro: tzinapo " obsidian " or tzinapecua "healing". [9] The obsidian quarries near Ucareo include one of the largest known pre-Hispanic quarries in Mesoamerica and were already exploited in the early Formative period . In the late Classic period Ucareo was the principal source of obsidian at Tula and Xochicalco , and Ucareo obsidian was distributed throughout central Mexico, Oaxaca and the northern Yucatan , being found as far away as Chichen Itza . [5] In the Postclassic period the area was controlled by the Tarascans , who built a temple there to worship Cuerauaperi  [ Wikidata ] , the mother goddess of Purepecha mythology . [2]

Around 1530, a Spanish settlement was founded at Zinapecuaro by the conquistador Don Luis Montanez. [2] Zinapecuaro was first incorporated on 15 March 1825 as a partido in the department of Oriente in Michoacan. It became a free municipality on 5 February 1918. [10]

Administration [ edit ]

The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor ( Spanish : sindico ), and ten trustees ( regidores ), six elected by relative majority and four by proportional representation . The current president of the municipality is Alejandro Correa. [2]

Demographics [ edit ]

In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Zinapecuaro recorded a population of 46,666 inhabitants living in 11,608 households. [11] It recorded a population of 47,327 inhabitants in the 2015 Intercensal Survey. [4]

There are 97 localities in the municipality, [1] four of which are classified as urban:

  • Zinapecuaro de Figueroa, the seat of the municipality located in its west-central part, which recorded a population of 15,875 inhabitants in the 2010 Census;
  • Jerahuaro, a town located 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of the municipal seat in the Ucareo Valley, which had 2822 inhabitants in 2010;
  • Ucareo, a town located 27 kilometres (17 mi) east of the municipal seat, which had 2284 inhabitants in 2010;
  • Bocaneo, a town located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of the municipal seat, which had 2082 inhabitants in 2010. [11] [2]

Economy [ edit ]

Zinapecuaro's economy is largely dependent on foreign remittances. [12] [13] Fruit is produced in the area around Jerahuaro and Ucareo in the eastern part of the municipality. [2]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c "Sistema Nacional de Informacion Municipal" (in Spanish). SEGOB . 2010 . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Zinapecuaro" . Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de Mexico (in Spanish). INAFED . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
  3. ^ a b c "Zinapecuaro: Datos generales" . Cedulas de informacion municipal (in Spanish). SEDESOL . 2013 . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
  4. ^ a b c "Panorama sociodemografico de Michoacan de Ocampo 2015" (PDF) (in Spanish). INEGI . 2016. p. 236. ISBN   978-607-739-850-9 . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
  5. ^ a b Healan, Dan M. (1997). "Pre-Hispanic Quarrying in the Ucareo-Zinapecuaro Obsidian Source Area". Ancient Mesoamerica . 8 (1): 77?100. doi : 10.1017/S0956536100001590 .
  6. ^ a b "Compendio de Informacion Geografica Municipal 2010: Zinapecuaro, Michoacan de Ocampo" (in Spanish). INEGI . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
  7. ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLOGICAS" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorologico Nacional . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
  8. ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLOGICAS" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorologico Nacional . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
  9. ^ "Toponimia" (in Spanish). Government of Zinapecuaro . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
  10. ^ Estado de Michoacan de Ocampo. Division Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. pp. 59, 232?233. ISBN   970-13-1501-4 .
  11. ^ a b "Resumen municipal: Municipio de Zinapecuaro" . Catalogo de Localidades (in Spanish). SEDESOL . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
  12. ^ Paz, Fatima (11 November 2014). "70% de la economia de Zinapecuaro depende del envio de remesas familiares: alcalde" . Cambio de Michoacan (in Spanish) . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
  13. ^ Beauregard, Luis Pablo (15 November 2016). "Mexico teme por el futuro de sus remesas tras el triunfo de Trump" . El Pais (in Spanish) . Retrieved 3 February 2018 .
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