Acayucan (municipality)
Acayucan | |
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Coordinates: 17°56′32″N 94°54′37″W / 17.94222°N 94.91028°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Veracruz |
Municipal seat | Acayucan |
Municipality created[1] | 1824 |
Town incororpated[1] | June 13, 1848 |
City incorporated[1] | September 26, 1910 |
Government | |
• Municipal President | Cuitláhuac Condado Escamilla |
Area | |
• Total | 724.65 km2 (279.79 sq mi) |
Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 79,429 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
• Municipal seat | 49,945 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
Postal code | 96000[2] |
Area code | 924 |
Demonym | Acayuqueño |
Climate | Aw |
Website | www.acayucan.gob.mx |
Acayucan is a municipality in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located in the state's southeast, in the Olmeca region. The municipal seat is the city of Acayucan, Veracruz. It covers a total of 724.65 km2 (279.79 sq mi).
At the 2005 INEGI Census, the municipality reported a population of 79,459, of whom 49,945 lived in the municipal seat.[3] Of the municipality's population, 3,655 (5.22%) spoke an indigenous language, primarily Popoluca, followed in numbers by Zapotec.
In addition to the seat, the municipality's largest other communities are Corral Nuevo and Dehesa.
History
[edit]Conquistadores Gonzalo de Sandoval and Hernan Cortés passed through Acayucan on the route from Tuxtepec to Tenochititlan. In 1580 it was part of the ′′Villa de Espíritu Santo′′ (Coatzacoalcos); when this was wiped out by pirates, Ayayucan became the seat of the Alcaldía mayor.[1]
The local indigenous population rose up in rebellion in 1787.[1]
After the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the Acayucan municipality was established in 1824. San Martin Acayucan became a villa in 1824 and a town on June 13, 1848. The community was destroyed by a hurricane in 1888.[1]
Hilario C. Salas took the town of Acayucan in his fight against the Porfirian dictatorship in 1906. San Martin Acayucan became a city on September 26, 1910.[1]
Electrification came to the city in 1946. The Catholic church was destroyed in the July 1957 earthquake.[1]
In 2005–07, the municipal president (mayor) of Acayucan was Fabiola Vázquez Saút of the PAN, a daughter of the slain cacique (local baron) Cirilo Vázquez.[4]
In May 2020, Francisco Navarette Serna, presumed drug chieftain responsible for the February 2016 murders of five young people from Acayucan between 16 and 27 years old, was killed at a party at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[5]
Geography
[edit]Climate
[edit]Climate data for Acayucan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.7 (81.9) | 31.0 (87.8) | 33.4 (92.1) | 34.5 (94.1) | 32.8 (91.0) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.7 (85.5) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.2 (81.0) | 30.4 (86.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.7 (63.9) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.4 (74.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.0 (71.6) | 20.3 (68.5) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.3 (70.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46 (1.8) | 41 (1.6) | 25 (1.0) | 28 (1.1) | 58 (2.3) | 260 (10.1) | 330 (12.9) | 310 (12.2) | 340 (13.5) | 220 (8.5) | 99 (3.9) | 69 (2.7) | 1,820 (71.6) |
Source: Weatherbase [6] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h ".:· Monografía de Acayucan ·:". www.acayucan.com. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Listado de todos los Códigos Postales de Acayucan, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
- ^ "Acayucan". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ http://search.chron.com/chronicle/openDocument.do?docRef=11_23_2006_2_p1a23MEXBOSS&selectedPath=[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ataque armado deja siete muertos y dos heridos en salón de fiestas en Veracruz". El Universal (in Spanish). 30 May 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Acayucan, Veracruz". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI)
- Veracruz Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
[edit]- Municipio de Acayucan Municipal government website
- (in Spanish) Municipal Official Information