Pijijiapan
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 50,079, up from 46,949 as of 2005. It has a land area of 2,223.3 km.
As of 2010, the city of Pijijiapan had a population of 16,917. Other than the city of Pijijiapan, the municipality had 1,305 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Las Brisas (1,718), San Isidro (1,626), Joaquín Miguel Gutiérrez (Margaritas) (1,617), Tamaulipas (Joaquín Amaro) (1,567), El Carmen (1,416), Hermenegildo Galeana (1,158), El Palmarcito (1,135), and La Esperanza (El Zapotal) (1,031), classified as rural.
On 7 September 2017, a powerful earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck the coast of Pijijiapan, with the epicenter placed at 87 km (54 miles) southwest of the town.
Climate
| Climate data for Pijijiapan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1959–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 40 (104) |
42.5 (108.5) |
41 (106) |
42.5 (108.5) |
41 (106) |
39 (102) |
39.5 (103.1) |
40 (104) |
38 (100) |
41 (106) |
40 (104) |
40.5 (104.9) |
42.5 (108.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 35.4 (95.7) |
36.0 (96.8) |
36.1 (97.0) |
36.2 (97.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.8 (91.0) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.2 (82.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 15 (59) |
10.5 (50.9) |
15 (59) |
17 (63) |
17.5 (63.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20 (68) |
0 (32) |
18 (64) |
18.5 (65.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
16 (61) |
0 (32) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.0 (0.04) |
1.7 (0.07) |
16.4 (0.65) |
52.5 (2.07) |
241.6 (9.51) |
391.8 (15.43) |
337.6 (13.29) |
393.4 (15.49) |
482.3 (18.99) |
268.1 (10.56) |
32.7 (1.29) |
10.7 (0.42) |
2,229.8 (87.79) |
| Average precipitation days | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 4.1 | 14.6 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 23.8 | 24.1 | 15.8 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 134.9 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Pijijiapan". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "Pijijiapan, the Mexican town just in front of the 8.1 earthquake's epicenter – Mexico Life".
- ^ "NORMAL CLIMATOLÓGICA 1991-2020" (TXT). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 11 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "VALORES EXTREMOS" (TXT). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 11 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- Pijijiapan www.e-local.gob.mx
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15°41′N 93°13′W / 15.683°N 93.217°W
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