Zacapoaxtla
Zacapoaxtla is a city and seat of the
Name
The name means place where straw is counted, and it originates from Nahuatl roots: zacatl – straw; pohuatl – to count; and tlān – place. The name comes from the tribute people had to pay, i.e. as bales of straw.
Education
The
Geography
The city of Zacapoaxtla is located on a mountainous terrain on the northern part of the state, on the morphological region known as Sierra Norte or Sierra de Puebla, amidst the Sierra Madre Oriental. The city is surrounded by three mountains: "Tres cabezas" (Three Heads), "Gran poder de Dios" (Great Power of God) and the "Apaxtepec", an extinct volcano.
The municipality of Zacapoaxtla is located in the sub-basin of the Apulco River within the Tecolutla River basin.
Climate
| Climate data for Zacapoaxtla (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.0 (93.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
42.0 (107.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
10.3 (50.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
3.0 (37.4) |
4.5 (40.1) |
0.5 (32.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
3.0 (37.4) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.7 (1.52) |
43.0 (1.69) |
34.6 (1.36) |
49.7 (1.96) |
68.1 (2.68) |
161.4 (6.35) |
123.1 (4.85) |
129.9 (5.11) |
361.9 (14.25) |
244.1 (9.61) |
100.9 (3.97) |
47.7 (1.88) |
1,403.1 (55.24) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.5 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 15.2 | 17.7 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 8.0 | 132.7 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[2][3] | |||||||||||||
History
Though there are only a few archeological references, it is known that
In 1524, after the
The village obtained the category of town on 11 March 1826, after the end of the Mexican War of Independence. On 1 April 1835, the town became seat of the municipality.
In 1864, General Fernando María Ortega, governor of the state of Puebla, declared the Town of Zacapoaxtla "La ciudad del 25 de abril" ("The City of 25 April") as a memorial to these events.
The vast majority of the population of the municipality of Zacapoaxtla is Nahua, with over half the population knowing how to speak Nahuatl. [4]
References
- ^ XII Censo General de Población y Vivienda 2000. Principales resultados por localidad. Puebla, Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática, 2000.
- ^ "Estado de Puebla-Estacion: Zacapoaxtla (SMN)". Normales Climatologicas 1951–2010 (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorologico Nacional. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Zacapoaxtla (SMN) 1944–2009" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ https://www.dimensionantropologica.inah.gob.mx/?p=621
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