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Zongolica
Zongolica
Municipality and town
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	Zongolica Location in Mexico Zongolica Zongolica (Mexico)
	Coordinates: 18°40′N 97°00′W / 18.667°N 97.000°W
Country	Mexico
State	Veracruz
Government
• Mayor	Eliseo R. Macuixtle
Area
• Total	347.33 km2 (134.10 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	45,028
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central)
Website	zongolica.gob.mx

Zongolica is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's central Mountains region, about 100 km from the state capital at Xalapa. The municipality covers 63.34 km² and, in 2020, reported a population of 45,028.^[1] It is located at 18°40′N 97°00′W / 18.667°N 97.000°W / 18.667; -97.000. 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 Saint Francis of Assisi, the town's patron, 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.

XEZON-AM, an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish and Nahuatl, is based in Zongolica.

Geography

The municipality of Zongolica is bordered to the north by Tequila and Omealca, to the east by Tezonapa, to the south by the state of Puebla and to the west by Los Reyes.^[2]

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 ^[3]

Fauna

Zongolica catfish Rhamdia zongolicensis is named after Zongolica^[4] and only known from a single cave in the Sierra de Zongolica.^[5]

References

^ "Zongolica: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety". Data México. Secretaría de Economía. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Zongolica" (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Zongolica, Veracruz". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
^ Romero, Aldemaro; Paulson, Kelly M. (2001). "It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 62 (1–3): 13–41. doi:10.1023/A:1011844404235.
^ Wilkens, Horst (2001). "Convergent adaptations to cave life in the Rhamdia laticauda catfish group (Pimelodidae, Teleostei)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 62 (1–3): 251–261. doi:10.1023/A:1011897805681.

External links

(in Spanish) Municipal government webpage
(in Spanish) Municipal Official Information

[1] "Zongolica: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety". Data México. Secretaría de Economía. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

[e-local-2] "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Zongolica" (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Retrieved 2009-06-18.

[Weatherbase-3] "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Zongolica, Veracruz". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

[4] Romero, Aldemaro; Paulson, Kelly M. (2001). "It's a wonderful hypogean life: a guide to the troglomorphic fishes of the world". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 62 (1–3): 13–41. doi:10.1023/A:1011844404235.

[5] Wilkens, Horst (2001). "Convergent adaptations to cave life in the Rhamdia laticauda catfish group (Pimelodidae, Teleostei)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 62 (1–3): 251–261. doi:10.1023/A:1011897805681.

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