Acala is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. The municipal seat is Acala.
Acala Municipality
Municipio de Acala | |
|---|---|
 Acala Municipality in Chiapas | |
  Acala Municipality Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 16°33′12″N 92°48′25″W / 16.55333°N 92.80694°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Chiapas |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 295.6 km2 (114.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 497 m (1,631 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Municipality | 24,800 |
| • Metro | 12,686 |
| Climate | Aw |
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 28,947,[1] up from 24,800 as of 2005.[2]
Geography
editAs of 2010, the city of Acala had a population of 13,889,[1] up from 12,686 as of 2005.[2] Other than the city of Acala, the municipality had 258 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: 20 de Noviembre (4,636), classified as urban, and Nuevo Vicente Guerrero (El Chichonal) (2,088) and Unión Buenavista (1,847), classified as rural.[1]
It covers an area of 295.6 km2.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Acala | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.9 (87.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36.8 (98.2) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32 (90) |
31.7 (89.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.5 (86.9) |
33.2 (91.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
| Average precipitation cm (inches) | 0 (0) |
0.25 (0.1) |
0.25 (0.1) |
1.3 (0.5) |
7.4 (2.9) |
21 (8.3) |
15 (6.1) |
17 (6.7) |
20 (7.9) |
8.1 (3.2) |
1.8 (0.7) |
0.25 (0.1) |
93 (36.5) |
| Source: Weatherbase [3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Acala". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Acala: Enciclopedia de los municipios de México". Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal / Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Acala, Chiapas". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.