Concepción del Oro Municipality
Municipality of Concepción del Oro | |
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Municipality | |
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 Location of Concepción del Oro within Zacatecas and Mexico | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Zacatecas |
| Municipal seat | Concepción del Oro |
| Largest city | Concepción del Oro |
| Founded | 1587 |
| Municipality | 1857 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | J. Jesús Martínez Horta Template:PRI party |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,559 km2 (988 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,070 m (6,790 ft) |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
• Total | 11,857 |
| • Largest city | 6,653 Concepción del Oro |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Postal Code | 98200, 98204, 98205, 98209-98212 |
| Area code | 842 |
| Website | http://www.concepciondeloro.gob.mx |
Concepción del Oro is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. It is located on the northern part of the state and it is bounded by the municipalities of Mazapil and El Salvador; it also lies next to the states of Coahuila and San Luis Potosí. The municipality covers a total surface area of 2,559 square kilometers (988 sq mi).[2]
Population
In the 2005 census Concepción del Oro reported a population of 11,857.[1] Of these, 6,653 lived in the municipal seat and the remainder lived in surrounding rural communities.
Climate
| Climate data for Concepción del Oro (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
35.5 (95.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.0 (89.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.8 (51.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
5.1 (41.2) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
13.6 (56.5) |
12.4 (54.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.5 (18.5) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
7.0 (44.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.9 (1.06) |
13.6 (0.54) |
12.4 (0.49) |
20.8 (0.82) |
34.7 (1.37) |
51.6 (2.03) |
77.0 (3.03) |
61.3 (2.41) |
59.4 (2.34) |
34.6 (1.36) |
17.6 (0.69) |
24.8 (0.98) |
434.7 (17.11) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 63.7 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Agriculture is one of the main economical activities in Concepción del Oro, it is based in temporary harvesting of mainly: beans, maize, oats, barley and wheat.
References
- ^ a b Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 Template:Webcite INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Concepción del Oro", Encyclopedia de Municipios - ^ "Estado de Zacatecas-Estacion: Concepción del Oro". Normales Climatologicas 1951–2010 (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorologico Nacional. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Concepción del Oro 1961–2011" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
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