Jesús María is a city in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. It stands at 21°58′N 102°21′W / 21.967°N 102.350°W and serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Jesús María.
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  Jesús María Location in Mexico  Jesús María Jesús María (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 21°58′N 102°21′W / 21.967°N 102.350°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Aguascalientes |
| Municipality | Jesús María |
| Area | |
• Total | 499 km2 (193 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 43,012 |
As of 2010, the city of Jesús María had a population of 43,012, making it the second largest city in the state.[1] It is located so close to the state capital city of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, that it has been swallowed by it, rendering it part of the Aguascalientes metropolitan area (pop. 805,666 in 2005), with the function of a suburban area.
It is also the sister city of Queen Creek, Arizona, United States
Geography
editClimate
edit| Climate data for Jesús María (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
37.0 (98.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.0 (95.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.5 (95.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
29.6 (85.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
4.1 (39.4) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.1 (0.52) |
6.1 (0.24) |
5.6 (0.22) |
7.6 (0.30) |
17.4 (0.69) |
72.6 (2.86) |
103.7 (4.08) |
105.2 (4.14) |
67.3 (2.65) |
30.0 (1.18) |
13.7 (0.54) |
15.2 (0.60) |
457.5 (18.01) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 7.8 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 50.3 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Jesús María". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Estado de Aguascalientes-Estacion: Jesus Maria (SMN)". Normales Climatologicas 1951–2010 (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorologico Nacional. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ "Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Jesus Maria (SMN) 1944–1988" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
- Aguascalientes Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jesús María, Aguascalientes.
- Municipio de Jesús María Official website
- Gobierno del Estado de Aguascalientes Official website of state of Aguascalientes