Ahualulco de Mercado
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| Coordinates: 20°37′N 103°52′W / 20.617°N 103.867°WCoordinates: 20°37′N 103°52′W / 20.617°N 103.867°W | ||
| Country |  Mexico |
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| State | Jalisco | |
| Region Valles | ||
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| • Total | 134.22 km2 (51.82 sq mi) | |
| Population (2005) | ||
| • Total | 21,714 (Center area 15,215 approximate) | |
Ahualulco de Mercado is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 134.22 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,465.[1]
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Name Origin [edit]
Ahualulco comes from the Nahuatl word Ayahualolco which means "place of water crowned" or "place around the water."
Geographical description [edit]
Location [edit]
'Ahualulco Market' is located in central Jalisco, at coordinates 20 ° 37'20 "to 20 ° 46'10" north latitude and 103 ° 52'00 "to 104 º 04'30" west longitude.
The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipalities of Etzatlán, San Juanito de Escobedo and Tequila on the east by the town of Teuchitlán on the south by the municipalities Teuchitlán and Ameca, west with the municipalities of Ameca and Etzatlán. It lies on the road from El Refugio-San Marcos and is the most populous town and tourism in this area.
weather [edit]
The weather is semi, with dry winter and spring, and semiwarm, no well-defined thermal change winter. The average annual temperature is 21.3 ° C, with a high of 29.7 ° C and minimum 13 ° C. The rainfall occurs between the months of June and July, having a mean of 871.4 pricipitación mm can reach up to 1,100 during the rainy season. The average annual frost days is 8. The prevailing winds are north towards the northwest.
References [edit]
- ^ "Ahualulco de Mercado". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
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