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Zacualtipán
Zacualtipán (formally: Zacualtipán de Ángeles, for Felipe Ángeles, born there in 1868)[1] the court-martial condemned him to death, and on November 26, 1919, in front of the state penitentiary in Chihuahua, he was executed.[2][3] is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 241.6 km².
Zacualtipán de Ángeles | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
Glyph and coat of arms | |
Zacualtipán de Ángeles Zacualtipán de Ángeles | |
| Coordinates: 20°39′N 98°39′W / 20.650°N 98.650°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Hidalgo |
| Municipal seat | Zacualtipán de Ángeles |
| Area | |
| • Total | 241.6 km2 (93.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 25,987 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 25,987.[4]
History Edit
The town of Zacualtipán was the site of the action of Sequalteplan on February 25, 1848. It was a surprise attack by a mounted American force under Gen. Joseph Lane that defeated a Mexican guerrilla force under Celedonio Dómeco de Jarauta during the Mexican–American War.[5]
Geography Edit
Climate Edit
| Climate data for Zacualtipan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 21.4 (70.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 24.3 (75.7) | 22 (72) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 17.6 (63.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 20 (68) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) | 3.2 (37.8) | 5.3 (41.5) | 7.3 (45.1) | 8.5 (47.3) | 8.8 (47.8) | 8.1 (46.6) | 8.1 (46.6) | 7.9 (46.2) | 6 (43) | 4.0 (39.2) | 2.7 (36.9) | 6.0 (42.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41 (1.6) | 30 (1.2) | 33 (1.3) | 48 (1.9) | 66 (2.6) | 200 (7.8) | 210 (8.1) | 200 (8) | 370 (14.4) | 210 (8.2) | 89 (3.5) | 38 (1.5) | 1,530 (60.1) |
| Source: Weatherbase [6] | |||||||||||||
References Edit
- ^ Meade, Everard Kidder (Spring 2010). "The Passion of the Mexican Revolution: The Trial and Execution of Felipe Ángeles" (PDF). Journal of Historical Biography. 7: 30–99.
- ^ Matthew Slattery, pgs 176-183
- ^ Byron Jackson, pg 325
- ^ "Zacualtipan". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved December 27, 2008.
- ^ Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, History of the Mexican War, Church News Publishing Company, Washington D. C., 1892, pp.532-535
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Zacualtipán, Hidalgo". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.