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Santiago Tangamandapio, known as Tangamandapio, is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is located 165 km from the state capital of Morelia. The geographic coordinates are: 19° 57' North latitude and 102° 26' West longitude. Tangamandapio Municipality also includes the community of Tarécuato.
Santiago Tangamandapio | |
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 Tangamandapio, Michoacán | |
 Seal | |
  Santiago Tangamandapio | |
| Coordinates: 19°57′23″N 102°25′58″W / 19.95639°N 102.43278°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Michoacán |
| Foundation | December 10, 1831 |
| Elevation | 1,658 m (5,440 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 10,463 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Postal code | 59920 |
Popular culture
editThe municipality gained notoriety due to the Mexican television series El Chavo del Ocho (1973–80), in which the character Jaimito, el Cartero (portrayed by Raúl Padilla) cites Tangamandapio as his birthplace. In commemoration, the municipal government erected a statue of the character in 2012.[1]
Geography
editClimate
editTangamandapio has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Cwa, according to the Köppen climate classification), with humid summers and dry winters.
| Climate data for Santiago Tangamandapio | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.0 (62.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
10.7 (51.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
12.2 (54.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20 (0.8) |
15 (0.6) |
14 (0.6) |
7 (0.3) |
43 (1.7) |
177 (7.0) |
255 (10.0) |
241 (9.5) |
204 (8.0) |
91 (3.6) |
24 (0.9) |
10 (0.4) |
1,101 (43.4) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 97 |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "El Universal - - Jaimito, El Cartero ya tiene estatua en Tangamandapio".
- ^ "Climate Santiago Tangamandapio (Mexico)". Climate Data. 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
External links
edit19°57′N 102°26′W / 19.950°N 102.433°W
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