Coroneo
Coroneo | |
|---|---|
City & Municipality | |
 Bridge overlooking a portion of the city | |
 Location of Coroneo in Guanajuato | |
| Coordinates: 20°08′N 100°20′W / 20.133°N 100.333°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Guanajuato |
| Area | |
• Total | 122.90 km2 (47.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 10,347 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Coroneo is a Mexican city and municipality located in the state of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 122.90 square kilometres (0.40% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north and the east by the state of Querétaro, to the south by the state of Michoacán, and to the west by Jerécuaro. The municipality had 10,347 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.[1][2]
In pre-Columbian times the area was an important center of Chupícuaro culture, one of the oldest in Mesoamerica, who knew the region as "Place of abundant grain, medicinal plants and creepers."[3]
Its current name is of Otomi origin and means ""Place between two hills."
The names of current local government officials are listed on the town's Web site.[4]
Climate
| Climate data for Coroneo (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1962–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36 (97) |
37 (99) |
37 (99) |
35 (95) |
39 (102) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33 (91) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
33 (91) |
34 (93) |
29.5 (85.1) |
39 (102) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.1 (55.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
4.2 (39.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
11.1 (52.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
6.2 (43.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5 (23) |
−5 (23) |
−3 (27) |
1.5 (34.7) |
1 (34) |
1 (34) |
1 (34) |
2.5 (36.5) |
1 (34) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−4 (25) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.6 (0.46) |
11.0 (0.43) |
18.7 (0.74) |
15.4 (0.61) |
44.1 (1.74) |
109.2 (4.30) |
133.0 (5.24) |
115.1 (4.53) |
107.5 (4.23) |
46.4 (1.83) |
14.8 (0.58) |
5.2 (0.20) |
632.0 (24.88) |
| Average rainy days | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 15.2 | 13.1 | 10.9 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 74.9 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[5][6] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ "Mexican Municipality Encyclopedia". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
- ^ About Guanajuato Archived June 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Gobierno Municipal". Official Coroneo local government Web site (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "NORMAL CLIMATOLÓGICA 1991-2020: CORONEO" (TXT) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico National. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ^ "VALORES EXTREMOS: CORONEO" (TXT) (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico National. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
