Apatzingán

Apatzingán
Apatzingán
City
	Apatzingán de la Constitución
	Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Apatzingán, Michoacán Mexico
	Seal
	Nicknames: La Perla de Tierra Caliente, Cuna de la Constitución Mexicana
	Apatzingán Location of Apatzingán in Mexico Apatzingán Apatzingán (Mexico)
	Coordinates: 19°05′19″N 102°21′03″W / 19.08861°N 102.35083°W
Country	Mexico
State	Michoacán
Municipality	Apatzingán
Founded	1617
Government
• Municipal President	Jose torres (PRI)
Elevation	325 m (1,066 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	99,010
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	453
Website	Official Website

Apatzingán (in full, Apatzingán de la Constitución) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Apatzingán in the west-central region of the Mexican state of Michoacán.

History

Mexico's Constitution of Apatzingán was signed in the city in 1814, during the Mexican War of Independence in the Viceroyalty of New Spain against the Spanish Empire.

Six federal police officers were charged with murder on August 21, 2019 for their supposed involvement in a police operation that left nine dead on January 6, 2015 in Apatzingán. At least nine people died and several were injured when police fired against members and sympathizers of self-defense groups who had taken over the municipal palace.^[2]

Geography

The Municipality of Apatzingán is located in the Tierra Caliente Valley. It has an area of 1,656.67 km² (639.64 sq mi), and reported a population of 99,010 (2010).

The city of Apatzingán is the sixth-largest in Michoacán (behind Morelia, Uruapan, Zamora, Lázaro Cárdenas, and Zitacuaro), with a 2015 census population of 128,250 persons.

The major Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range and the municipality of Coalcomán de Vázquez Pallares are to the west.

Climate

Despite having an annual precipitation of 752 millimetres (29.6 in), Apatzingán has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh) due to its hot temperatures and high evaporation rates.^[3]

Climate data for Apatzingán
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	38.0 (100.4)	39.0 (102.2)	42.0 (107.6)	43.0 (109.4)	46.5 (115.7)	44.0 (111.2)	43.0 (109.4)	39.5 (103.1)	39.0 (102.2)	41.5 (106.7)	43.0 (109.4)	37.0 (98.6)	46.5 (115.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.3 (90.1)	33.8 (92.8)	36.4 (97.5)	39.0 (102.2)	40.0 (104.0)	37.8 (100.0)	34.7 (94.5)	34.1 (93.4)	33.7 (92.7)	34.1 (93.4)	34.0 (93.2)	32.9 (91.2)	35.2 (95.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	24.7 (76.5)	26.0 (78.8)	28.4 (83.1)	30.7 (87.3)	32.7 (90.9)	31.6 (88.9)	29.2 (84.6)	28.5 (83.3)	28.2 (82.8)	28.2 (82.8)	27.3 (81.1)	25.7 (78.3)	28.4 (83.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	17.1 (62.8)	18.1 (64.6)	20.3 (68.5)	22.4 (72.3)	25.4 (77.7)	25.5 (77.9)	23.6 (74.5)	22.9 (73.2)	22.7 (72.9)	22.2 (72.0)	20.7 (69.3)	18.5 (65.3)	21.6 (70.9)
Record low °C (°F)	8.5 (47.3)	10.0 (50.0)	13.0 (55.4)	13.0 (55.4)	17.5 (63.5)	15.0 (59.0)	17.0 (62.6)	18.5 (65.3)	19.0 (66.2)	14.0 (57.2)	11.0 (51.8)	10.0 (50.0)	8.5 (47.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	17.1 (0.67)	1.1 (0.04)	0.8 (0.03)	0.6 (0.02)	11.2 (0.44)	129.5 (5.10)	166.2 (6.54)	175.2 (6.90)	148.5 (5.85)	81.9 (3.22)	14.6 (0.57)	5.2 (0.20)	751.9 (29.60)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	1.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	1.6	11.4	14.6	14.3	12.3	5.6	1.5	0.6	64.1
Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional^[4]

References

^ "Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER)". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. 2010.
^ "Detienen a seis policías federales por matanza de 2015 en Apatzingán" [Arrest six federal police for killing in 2015 in Apatzingan], Informador.mx (in Spanish), August 22, 2019, retrieved August 22, 2019
^ Kottek, M.; J. Grieser; C. Beck; B. Rudolf; F. Rubel (2006). "World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated" (PDF). Meteorol. Z. 15 (3): 259–263. doi:10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ Normales Climatológicas 1971-2000 (in Spanish). National Meteorological Service of Mexico. Retrieved August 28, 2012.