Calera de Víctor Rosales
Municipality o Calera de Víctor Rosales Calera | |
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Municipality | |
 Location o Calera athin Zacatecas an Mexico | |
  Municipality o Calera de Víctor Rosales Location o Calera athin Zacatecas an Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 23°26′02″N 102°55′10″W / 23.43389°N 102.91944°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Zacatecas |
| Municipal seat | Víctor Rosales |
| Lairgest ceety | Víctor Rosales |
| Municipality | 1868 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Municipal Preses | L. C. Rodrigo Saucedo Ramirez, PRI |
| Area | |
| • Total | 389 km2 (150 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2174 m (7,133 ft) |
| Population (2005)[1] | |
| • Total | 36,106 |
| • Lairgest ceety | 29626 Víctor Rosales |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Postal Code | 98500-98508, 98510, 98515, 98520 |
| Area code(s) | 478 |
| Website | http://www.calera.gob.mx/ |
Calera is ane o the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state o Zacatecas. It is locatit on the central pairt o the state o Zacatecas an it is boondit bi the municipalities o General Enrique Estrada, Fresnillo, Villa de Cos, Pánuco, Morelos an Zacatecas. The municipality covers a tot surface aurie o 389 square kilometer (150 sq mi).[2] The municipality maks up for 0.5% o the aurie o the state o Zacatecas.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]Calera wis born as a pynt o pass frae Fresnillo an Zacatecas. It wis namit in honour o the hero o unthirldom Víctor Rosales.
Climate
[eedit | eedit soorce]| Climate data for Victor Rosales | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22 (72) |
19.9 (67.8) |
23.8 (74.9) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
7 (45) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.3 (54.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
8 (46) |
4.0 (39.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
7.3 (45.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15 (0.6) |
7.6 (0.3) |
5.1 (0.2) |
7.6 (0.3) |
15 (0.6) |
66 (2.6) |
91 (3.6) |
91 (3.6) |
71 (2.8) |
36 (1.4) |
10 (0.4) |
13 (0.5) |
428.3 (16.9) |
| Source: Weatherbase [3] | |||||||||||||
General information
[eedit | eedit soorce]Calera is ane o the fastest growin ceeties in Zacatecas Mx., wi mair nor 38,189 fowk. Its the anerlie municipality in Zacatecas that haes an Internaitional Airport, Freewey an Railroad. Calera is the maist important industrial aurie in Zacatecas, makkin floors. firth furnitur, juice, purifee'd watter, dry chili processin an seeds. Calera is hame tae Corona an aw, the lairgest brewer in Laitin Americae. 97% o Calera's population is Roman Catholic an 3% bein Protestant.
Calera wis decreed as a municipality bi the recommendation o Benito Juárez; he went throu thir launds when he wis fechtin for the republic. It wis in Calera, whaur Pancho Villa slept an planned the takkin o Zacatecas (Toma de Zacatecas).
Population
[eedit | eedit soorce]In the 2005 census, Apulco reportit a population o 36,106.[1] O thir, 29,626 livit in the municipal seat an the remainder livit in surroondin landwart commonties.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b Link to tables o population data frae Census o 2005 Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
- ↑ "Calera", Encyclopedia de Municipios Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Victor Rosales, Zacatecas". Weatherbase. 2011. Archived frae the original on 5 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 12 Mey 2013. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
