Bernal, Querétaro

Bernal
Ma'hando (Otomian languages)
Bernal and the Peña de Bernal
Bernal and the Peña de Bernal
Map
Country Mexico
StateQuerétaro
MunicipalityEzequiel Montes
Founded1647
Population
 • Total
3,965
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)

San Sebastián Bernal, better known as Bernal (Spanish: [beɾˈnal] ⓘ; from Basque Vernal, "place of stones or boulders"), is a colonial village in the Mexican state of Querétaro. It was founded in 1642 by Spanish soldier Alonso Cabrera.[1]

Peña de Bernal
Street in Bernal Town.

Bernal is located 40 minutes by road from state capital Santiago de Querétaro and two and a half hours from Mexico City.[2] It is located in Ezequiel Montes municipality, a few minutes from Colón and Cadereyta.[2]

It has a current population of 2909, of which 1377 are males and 1532 are females. A total of 1014 persons are counted as Economic Active Population and there are only 630 inhabited homes in town.[3]

It is known for its enormous monolith of massive rock, the Peña de Bernal, the third highest on the planet.[2]

According to chronicler Omar Ortega Paz, its names in the Otomi language (De'hendo) and in Chichimeca (Ma'hando) have the same meaning: “In the middle of two”.[4]

In 2005, Bernal was designated a Pueblo Mágico ("Magical Town") by the Mexican Secretariat of Tourism (SECTUR).[5] The Magical Towns are admitted for being localities that have magic symbolic attributes, legends, history, transcendental facts that associate in each of its cultural manifestations, and that today mean a great opportunity for tourism.[2]

Climate

Climate data for Bernal, Querétaro (1981-2010), extremes (1973–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 30.0
(86.0) 		33.0
(91.4) 		40.0
(104.0) 		40.0
(104.0) 		38.0
(100.4) 		37.0
(98.6) 		35.0
(95.0) 		33.0
(91.4) 		33.0
(91.4) 		36.0
(96.8) 		32.0
(89.6) 		31.0
(87.8) 		40.0
(104.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 22.7
(72.9) 		24.5
(76.1) 		27.4
(81.3) 		29.7
(85.5) 		29.3
(84.7) 		27.3
(81.1) 		25.2
(77.4) 		25.7
(78.3) 		24.7
(76.5) 		24.3
(75.7) 		24.5
(76.1) 		23.0
(73.4) 		25.7
(78.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.4
(56.1) 		15.0
(59.0) 		17.6
(63.7) 		19.9
(67.8) 		20.2
(68.4) 		19.6
(67.3) 		18.3
(64.9) 		18.6
(65.5) 		18.0
(64.4) 		16.9
(62.4) 		15.6
(60.1) 		14.0
(57.2) 		17.3
(63.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.1
(39.4) 		5.4
(41.7) 		7.9
(46.2) 		10.2
(50.4) 		11.1
(52.0) 		12.0
(53.6) 		11.5
(52.7) 		11.4
(52.5) 		11.3
(52.3) 		9.4
(48.9) 		6.7
(44.1) 		5.0
(41.0) 		8.8
(47.8)
Record low °C (°F) −9.0
(15.8) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		2.0
(35.6) 		4.0
(39.2) 		6.0
(42.8) 		1.0
(33.8) 		0.5
(32.9) 		4.0
(39.2) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		−5.0
(23.0) 		−8.0
(17.6) 		−9.0
(15.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 10.0
(0.39) 		6.0
(0.24) 		11.8
(0.46) 		25.1
(0.99) 		39.4
(1.55) 		70.8
(2.79) 		94.2
(3.71) 		80.6
(3.17) 		72.1
(2.84) 		41.5
(1.63) 		11.9
(0.47) 		2.1
(0.08) 		465.5
(18.33)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.6 1.3 1.6 2.7 5.1 7.1 7.9 7.2 8.1 4.4 1.5 0.8 49.3
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (temperature, 1981-2010) [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "querétaro-méxico". Ezequiel Montes Querétaro. Archived from the original on 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  2. ^ a b c d "de-paseo". Bernal Pueblo Mágico. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  3. ^ "INEGI". Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  4. ^ Serie de Cronistas del Renacimiento Mexicano: Bernal, Libro-Guia de Turismo. p. 7.
  5. ^ "Bernal, Querétaro | Secretaría de Turismo" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  6. ^ "Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Bernal 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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