Acajete (Veracruz)
Agriculture
It produces principally maize, potatoes, apples, pear and plum.
Celebrations
In Acajete , in August takes place the celebration in honor to San Salvador, Patron of the town, and in December takes place the celebration in honor to Virgen de Guadalupe.
Geography
Acajete Municipality is delimited to the north by Tlacolulan and Las Vigas de Ramírez to the east by Rafael Lucio, to the south by Tlalnelhuayocan and to the west by Perote. It is watered by affluent creeks of the Río Sedeño, which are tributaries of the Actopan. The principal creek is the Pixquiac.
Climate
Despite being in the tropics, due to its high altitude (2023 m or 6637 ft.), Acajete features a humid subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb).
| Climate data for Acajete | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
11.2 (52.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
9.2 (48.6) |
7.3 (45.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46 (1.8) |
50 (2.0) |
45 (1.8) |
63 (2.5) |
81 (3.2) |
251 (9.9) |
243 (9.6) |
219 (8.6) |
326 (12.8) |
148 (5.8) |
87 (3.4) |
62 (2.4) |
1,621 (63.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 16.4 | 20.1 | 21.4 | 23.7 | 28.1 | 28.7 | 28.9 | 30.4 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 27.4 | 23.8 | 306.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 63 | 63 | 60 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 68 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 143 | 133 | 166 | 155 | 159 | 138 | 215 | 168 | 132 | 145 | 154 | 142 | 1,850 |
| Source: climate-data.org"NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS". | |||||||||||||
Demographics
As of 2020, the municipality had a population of 9,701 inhabitants. 20 % resides in the municipal seta of the same name (1,854 hab. Other localities includes La Joya (1,489 hab.), Mazatepec (1,234 hab.), Plan de Sedeño (654 hab.) and Acocota (646 hab.)
References
- ^ 2020 Acajete CENSUS
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Acajete" (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Archived from the original on 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
External links
- (in Spanish) Municipal Official Site
- (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information
