Huajicori
Municipality in Nayarit, Mexico
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Huajicori (Spanish: [waxiˈkoɾi]) is both a municipality and the municipal seat of the same in the Mexican state of Nayarit, being the northernmost municipality in Nayarit. The population of the municipality was 10,294 in 2000 in a total area of 2,603.5 km2. Its area makes up almost 10% of the state. The population of the town was 2,201 (2005).
Huajicori | |
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Municipality and town | |
| Huajicori | |
Location in the state of Nayarit | |
  Huajicori Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 22°38′00″N 105°19′00″W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Nayarit |
| Municipal seat | Huajicori |
| Elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 11,400 |
| Website | www |
Huajicori is located 180 km north of the state capital Tepic, 125 km north of Santiago Ixcuintla, and 19 km northwest of Acaponeta.
Etymology
Economy
The economy is based on subsistence farming and cattle raising. The main crops are corn, beans, jamaica, and fruit trees.
Geography
Huajicori is located 180 km north of the state capital Tepic, 125 km north of Santiago Ixcuintla, and 19 km northwest of Acaponeta. It is bounded in the north by the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo, Durango; in the south with the municipality of Acaponeta, in the west with the municipality of Escuinapa, in the state of Sinaloa; in the northwest with the municipality of Rosario, state of Sinaloa. The Río de las Cañas forms the boundary between the states of Nayarit and Sinaloa.
Climate
| Climate data for Huajicori (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.0 (100.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
41.0 (105.8) |
44.0 (111.2) |
43.0 (109.4) |
43.0 (109.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
42.0 (107.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
44.5 (112.1) |
44.5 (112.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.4 (95.7) |
36.9 (98.4) |
36.9 (98.4) |
35.5 (95.9) |
34.7 (94.5) |
34.6 (94.3) |
34.6 (94.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
31.9 (89.4) |
34.3 (93.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.4 (74.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
14.9 (58.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
1.5 (34.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22.6 (0.89) |
10.7 (0.42) |
3.6 (0.14) |
1.9 (0.07) |
4.8 (0.19) |
107.0 (4.21) |
342.9 (13.50) |
398.8 (15.70) |
347.8 (13.69) |
80.4 (3.17) |
26.2 (1.03) |
21.2 (0.83) |
1,367.9 (53.85) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.1 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 15.8 | 4.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 68.8 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[1][2] | |||||||||||||