Zongolica
Zongolica is a municipality located in the south zone in the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 100 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 63.34 km. It is located at 18°40′N 97°00′W / 18.667°N 97.000°W. The name comes from Nahuatl Tzontli-coliuhqui 'crafty hair'.
Economy
It produces principally maize, orange fruit coffee and mango. The climate is cold-humid, with an average temperature of 17.4 °C, with rains in summer and autumn.
Culture
Every October, a festival is held to celebrate San Francisco de Asís, patron of the town, and in December there is a festival in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Zongolica is home to the Ixcohuapa people, who are known for cooking and consuming larvae of Arsenura armida.
Geography
The municipality of Zongolica is bordered to the north by Tequila and Omealca, to the east by Tezonapa, to the south by Puebla State and to the west by Los Reyes.
Climate
| Climate data for Zongolica | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
21 (70) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 86 (3.4) |
64 (2.5) |
61 (2.4) |
94 (3.7) |
150 (6) |
440 (17.2) |
530 (20.8) |
440 (17.4) |
430 (16.8) |
250 (9.9) |
130 (5.3) |
94 (3.7) |
2,770 (109.1) |
| Source: Weatherbase | |||||||||||||
Fauna
Zongolica catfish Rhamdia zongolicensis is named after Zongolica and only known from a single cave in the Sierra de Zongolica.