General Zaragoza
General Zaragoza is a municipality an toun o the northeastren Mexican state o Nuevo León. It is locatit in the sooth-eastren pairt o the state. The municipality haes a total aurie o 508 square mile (1,315 sq km) an haed a population o 5,942 in 2010. Maist o the population lives in the toun o Zaragoza. The elevation o Zaragoza is 4,520 feet (1,379 mts).[1] Zaragoza is bordered bi Aramberri, on the sooth an east bi Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, an on the wast bi Doctor Arroyo.
Zaragoza is namit in honor o General Ignacio Zaragoza who focht against the French invaders at the Battle o Puebla on 5 Mey 1862.
History
The oreeginal inhabitants o the Zaragoza region wur nomadic Indian baunds the Spainyie cried Negritos or Bozalos an Janambres. In 1626, a Franciscan priest, Lorenzo Cantú frae the convent at Charcas, follaeed a group o Indians tae the valley o the Rio Blanco whaur he foondit the Misión de San Josè del Rio Blanco near the steid o Zaragoza. In 1866, the municipality o Villa de General Zaragoza wis creatit bi the govrenment.[2]
Geografie an climate
Zaragoza is at the heid o the semi-arid valley o the Rio Blanco (White River), the uppermaist pairt o the Soto La Marina River seestem. Some o the heichest muntains o the Sierra Madre Oriental are in the Zaragoza municipality. Cerro Zaragoza which rises tae 11,352 feet (3,449 mts) is three mile northeast o Zaragoza toun. Cerro Peña Nevada, 11,682 feet (3,562 mts) is nine mile soothwast o Zaragoza town, juist athort the border in Tamaulipas.[3] Pine an Oak forests cloak the muntains. Ane tae twa mile sooth o toun are three watterfaws—15, 20, an 25 metres heich(49, 65, an 82 feet heich) -- which are o interest tae tourists.[4]
In a semi-arid zone wi precipitation at maist locations less nor 20 inches (500mm), Zaragoza is well-favored wi rainfall wi 28.7 inches (730mm) annually. Some o the muntains aroond Zaragoza receive mair precipitation, includin snaw at heicher elevations, than the toun an valley. Zaragoza Este, ane mile east o the toun, at a elevation o 5,830 feet (1,777 mts.), receives 49.2 inches (1250 mm) o precipitation annually.[5] Throuoot the aurie maist precipitation faws in the simmer. The rainy saison uisually begins at the end o Apryle an continues till the end o September. August is uisually the rainiest month. Temperaturs are normally mild, awtho occasional days are vera hot an the temperatur faws belaw freezin several times each year.
| Climate data for General Zaragoza, Nuevo Leon (1978-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record heich °C (°F) | 37.0 (98.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
43.0 (109.4) |
43.0 (109.4) |
49.0 (120.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
43.0 (109.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.0 (98.6) |
49.0 (120.2) |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.9 (75.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
13.1 (55.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
| Record law °C (°F) | −9 (16) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0 (32) |
1.0 (33.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
0 (32) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20.0 (0.79) |
14.0 (0.55) |
17.0 (0.67) |
47.0 (1.85) |
181.0 (7.13) |
92.0 (3.62) |
58.0 (2.28) |
117.0 (4.61) |
95.0 (3.74) |
18.0 (0.71) |
17.0 (0.67) |
19.0 (0.75) |
730.0 (28.74) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 62.2 |
| Source #1: Weatherbase: Zargoza, Nuevo León[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (normals)[7][8] | |||||||||||||
The climatic clessification o Zaragoza is Bsk (Koppen) an Bsak (Trewartha). Heicher elevations near the toun are ceuler an mair humid, some becomin Cw climates.
References
- ↑ "Nuevo Leon" Instituto Naciona de Estadistica y Geographia http://www3.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/mexicocifras/default.aspx?e=19, accessed 23 Feb 2013
- ↑ Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de Mexico http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_nuevoleon Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 24 Feb 2013
- ↑ Google Earth
- ↑ "El Rio Blanco", http://www.sabinashidalgo.net/articulos/de-solares-y-resolanas/7048-el-rio-blanco, accessed 24 Feb 2013
- ↑ "Zaragoza-Este, Nuevo Leon" Weatherbase. http://weatherbase.com
- ↑ "Travel Weather Averages". Weatherbase. Retrieved 24 Februar 2013.[deid airtin]
- ↑ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1951-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived frae the original on 20 Mey 2014. Retrieved 19 Februar 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1981-2000" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comision Nacional Del Agua. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 2 Mey 2014. Retrieved 19 Februar 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
