Ixhuacán
Municipality in Veracruz, Mexico
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Ixhuacán, or Ixhuacán de los Reyes, is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz. It is located approximately 36 km (22 mi) from Xalapa Enríquez; Federal Highway 123 runs through it. It is bordered by Teocelo, Xico and Coatepec. Coffee is the chief product of Ixhuacán de los Reyes.
Ixhuacán de los Reyes | |
|---|---|
  Ixhuacán de los Reyes Location in Mexico  Ixhuacán de los Reyes Ixhuacán de los Reyes (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 19°21′22″N 97°07′01″W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Veracruz |
| Region | Capital Region |
| Municipal seat and largest town | Ixhuacán de los Reyes |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Fortunato Ruiz Vargas (PRI) |
| Area | |
• Total | 149.8 km2 (57.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation (of seat) | 1,754 m (5,755 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 11,387 |
| • Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| • Seat | 2,692 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 91250 |
| Website | (in Spanish) |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 9,104 | — |
| 2000 | 9,517 | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 9,933 | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 10,724 | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 11,442 | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 11,387 | −0.5% |
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It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
History
In August 1519 Hernán Cortés passed through Ixhuacán on his way to Tenochtitlan. Both Cortes and his chronicler Francisco Lopez de Gomara described the town as having a fort.
Climate
Ixhuacán de los Reyes has a subtropical highland climate (Cfb) with cool to mild weather year-round. It experiences heavy monsoonal precipitation from June to September.
| Climate data for Ixhuacán de los Reyes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
11.3 (52.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 60.3 (2.37) |
55.4 (2.18) |
54.6 (2.15) |
82.9 (3.26) |
149.5 (5.89) |
507.6 (19.98) |
530.0 (20.87) |
514.4 (20.25) |
514.5 (20.26) |
248.4 (9.78) |
109.5 (4.31) |
78.8 (3.10) |
2,905.9 (114.4) |
| Average rainy days | 8.7 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 11.0 | 20.9 | 23.6 | 23.4 | 23.2 | 16.9 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 171.3 |
| Source: SERVICIO METEOROLÓGICO NACIONAL[2] | |||||||||||||
