Zongolica is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the south of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 100 km from the state capital Xalapa. The municipality has a surface of 63.34 km2. It is located at 18°40′N 97°00′W / 18.667°N 97.000°W. The name comes from Nahuatl Tzontli-coliuhqui 'crafty hair'.
Zongolica | |
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Municipality and town | |
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  Zongolica Location in Mexico  Zongolica Zongolica (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 18°40′N 97°00′W / 18.667°N 97.000°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Veracruz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eliseo R. Macuixtle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 347.33 km2 (134.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 26,251 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
Economy
editIt produces principally maize, orange fruit coffee and mango. The climate is cold-humid, with an average temperature of 17.4 °C, with rains in summer and autumn.
Culture
editEvery October, a festival is held to celebrate San Francisco de Asís, patron of the town, and in December there is a festival in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Zongolica is home to the Ixcohuapa people, who are known for cooking and consuming larvae of Arsenura armida.
Geography
editThe municipality of Zongolica is bordered to the north by Tequila and Omealca, to the east by Tezonapa, to the south by the state of Puebla and to the west by Los Reyes.[1]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Zongolica | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
21 (70) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 86 (3.4) |
64 (2.5) |
61 (2.4) |
94 (3.7) |
150 (6) |
440 (17.2) |
530 (20.8) |
440 (17.4) |
430 (16.8) |
250 (9.9) |
130 (5.3) |
94 (3.7) |
2,770 (109.1) |
| Source: Weatherbase [2] | |||||||||||||
Fauna
editZongolica catfish Rhamdia zongolicensis is named after Zongolica[3] and only known from a single cave in the Sierra de Zongolica.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Zongolica" (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Zongolica, Veracruz". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
- ^ Romero, Aldemaro; Paulson, Kelly M. (2001). "It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 62 (1–3): 13–41. doi:10.1023/A:1011844404235.
- ^ Wilkens, Horst (2001). "Convergent adaptations to cave life in the Rhamdia laticauda catfish group (Pimelodidae, Teleostei)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 62 (1–3): 251–261. doi:10.1023/A:1011897805681.
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Municipal Official webpage
- (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information