Zongolica

Zongolica is a municipality located in the south zone in the State of Veracruz, about 100 km from state capital Xalapa. It has a surface of 63.34 km². It is located at 18°40′N 97°00′W. The name comes from Nahuatl Tzontli-coliuhqui 'crafty hair'.

Zongolica
Municipality and town
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Zongolica
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 18°40′N 97°00′W
Country Mexico
StateVeracruz
Government
 • MayorEliseo R. Macuixtle
Area
 • Total347.33 km2 (134.10 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total26,251
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

The municipality of Zongolica is bordered to the north by Tequila and Omealca, to the east by Tezonapa, to the south by Puebla State and to the west by Los Reyes.[1] 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.

Every October, a festival is held to celebrate San Francisco de Asís, patron of the town, 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.

Climate
Climate data for Zongolica
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °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)
Average low °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 [2]

Fauna

Zongolica catfish Rhamdia zongolicensis is named after Zongolica[3] and only known from a single cave in the Sierra de Zongolica.[4]

References
  1. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Zongolica" (in Spanish). Gobierno Estatal. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  2. "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Zongolica, Veracruz". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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