Zumpango del Río
City in the Mexican state of Guerrero
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Zumpango del Río is the seat of the municipality of Eduardo Neri, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.
Zumpango del Río | |
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Municipal seat and city | |
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| Nickname: Xumpango | |
  Zumpango del Río Location in Mexico  Zumpango del Río Zumpango del Río (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 17°39′N 99°30′W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Guerrero |
| Municipality | Eduardo Neri |
| Region | Sierra Madre del Sur |
| Elevation | 1,012 m (3,320 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 24,719 |
| • Ethnicities | Mestizos Nahuas |
| • Religions | Roman Catholic Church[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
| Postal code | 40180 |
The Spanish discovered silver lodes here in 1531, and started commercial silver mining in the area. Francisco de Hoyos and Juan Juan Jaramillo made the discovery when returning from a military expedition to Guerrero. Using Indian slave labor until the ban from doing so was enforced in 1550, the mines produced 1000 pounds of silver by 1539. Prominent mine owners included Juan de Burgos and Hernán Cortés. Most of the mines were abandoned by 1582 however.[2]
History
Zumpango was originally called Zompanco in Nahuatl, and was a Coixca settlement. At some point it was conquered by the Aztec Empire and became the center of a strategic province that also included Tixtla, Mochitlán and Huitziltepec. As tribute, this province paid gold powder and slaves captured in war. Zompanco exported maize, chilies, honey and turkeys to the Pacific coast in exchange for cacao. Salt and cotton were also imported, the former from the coast and nearby settlements. There were copper, gold and silver mines nearby in the early colonial period, and at least some of them date back to before the conquest. The ruler of Zompanco, referred to as a "general", organized agricultural and military activities, and the latter was mainly aimed at the Yope people to the south, likely at the behest of the Aztec overlords.[3]
Geography
The city is located in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, at an altitude of 1,092 meters (3,583 feet).
It is on Mexican Federal Highway 95 (Mexico City-Acapulco Highway), about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of the Guerrero state capital city of Chilpancingo[4]
Climate
| Climate data for Zumpango del Río (1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.0 (93.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
42.0 (107.6) |
44.0 (111.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
41.0 (105.8) |
36.0 (96.8) |
36.0 (96.8) |
39.0 (102.2) |
35.0 (95.0) |
44.0 (111.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.1 (84.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.9 (94.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.7 (85.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.0 (33.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.6 (0.46) |
5.7 (0.22) |
3.7 (0.15) |
7.4 (0.29) |
37.4 (1.47) |
126.7 (4.99) |
143.3 (5.64) |
138.4 (5.45) |
137.3 (5.41) |
54.9 (2.16) |
25.2 (0.99) |
14.8 (0.58) |
706.4 (27.81) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 12.5 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 75.8 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[5][6] | |||||||||||||
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