Santa Catarina is a city in Santa Catarina Municipality in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico that is part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area.
Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina | |
|---|---|
  Santa Catarina Location of Santa Catarina within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 25°41′N 100°27′W / 25.683°N 100.450°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Nuevo León |
| Founded | November 20, 1596 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jesús Nava Rivera[1] (PAN)[2] |
| Area | |
| • City | 46.59 km2 (17.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 690 m (2,260 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 304,052 |
| • Density | 6,500/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,341,177 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Website | http://www.stacatarina.gob.mx |
History
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The name of this city comes from the Catholic Saint Catherine of Alexandria. The city of Santa Catarina was not "founded" in a traditional manner; at the beginning, it was only a resting point for travelers between Monterrey and Saltillo. The first recorded name was "Estancia de Santa Catarina" (Shelter of Santa Catarina).[citation needed]
During the French Invasion of Mexico in the second half of the 19th century, the president Benito Juárez spent some days in Santa Catarina while traveling to Monterrey, and it was during this time that he elevated its status to Village. The category of Village was maintained until 1979 when the state government elevated its status to City.[citation needed]
Geography
editSanta Catarina is located about 15 kilometers southwest of central Monterrey. As of the Mexican census of 2005, its population was 259,202 in the city and 259,896 in the municipality. The city and municipality both rank sixth in population in the state. The municipality has an area of 984.5 km2 (380.1 sq mi) and includes numerous very small localities outside of the city itself.
Most of the National Park Cumbres of Monterrey, including the canyon of La Huasteca is located within Santa Catarina.
Also a certain portion of Cerro de las Mitras is located in Santa Catarina.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Santa Catarina, Nuevo León (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
40.0 (104.0) |
43.0 (109.4) |
49.0 (120.2) |
45.0 (113.0) |
46.0 (114.8) |
42.0 (107.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
40.0 (104.0) |
39.2 (102.6) |
38.3 (100.9) |
49.0 (120.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
28.8 (83.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.8 (91.0) |
29.7 (85.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.6 (56.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
11.4 (52.5) |
8.0 (46.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.6 (0.50) |
11.1 (0.44) |
8.5 (0.33) |
17.1 (0.67) |
32.1 (1.26) |
41.5 (1.63) |
25.3 (1.00) |
54.9 (2.16) |
127.4 (5.02) |
42.7 (1.68) |
14.8 (0.58) |
12.5 (0.49) |
400.5 (15.77) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 42.2 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[5][6] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Alcalde – Santa Catarina". Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Jesusnava.mx". Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Ciudad Santa Catarina
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Monterrey metropolitan area
- ^ "Estado de Nuevo León-Estacion: Santa Catarina". Normales Climatologicas 1951–2010 (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorologico Nacional. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ^ "Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Santa Catarina 1953–2009" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
Further reading
edit- Sepúlveda García, Francisco (1999). Cronología de Santa Catarina (PDF) (in Spanish). Autonomous University of Nuevo León. OCLC 49991688. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2018.
External links
edit- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Nuevo León Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
- Municipio de Santa Catarina Official website