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San Luis Río Colorado
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| Country | Mexico | ||
| State | Sonora | ||
| Foundation | 1907 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Ayuntamiento | ||
| • Mayor | Manuel de Jesús Baldenebro Arredondo (PRI) | ||
| Elevation | 51 m (167 ft) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| • Total | 159,089 | ||
| • Demonym | San Luisino | ||
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) | ||
| Area code(s) | 653 | ||
| Website | http://www.sanluis.sonora.gob.mx | ||
San Luis Río Colorado is a city and its surrounding municipality lying in the northwestern corner of the state of Sonora, Mexico.
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It is located at , on the Río Colorado, which at this point marks the state border with Baja California. It also stands on the international border with the United States, adjacent to San Luis, Arizona. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 159,089 and its municipality had a population of 178,380. The city is the fourth-largest community in the state, and the municipality is also the fourth-largest. The municipality covers an area of 8,412.75 km² (3,248.2 sq mi) in the Sonoran Desert. It is located about 75 km from Mexicali, Baja California.
Awarded city status in July 1958, San Luis R.C. serves as the administrative center for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The city is located on a mesa, characterized by a flat and sandy terrain. On Easter Sunday 2010, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the region and 5 schools were destroyed, affecting approximately 30,000 people in the region. San Luis R.C. was once an important inland port for steamers traveling the Colorado from the Gulf of California. Since the early 1900s the Colorado has been completely or nearly completely drained for irrigation. The once-formidable Colorado is usually dry or a small stream.
San Luis R.C. is home to four regional medium-wave radio broadcast stations, among them 1350 XELBL-AM, all of which are popular long-distance reception targets for medium wave DX radio enthusiasts.
Josse, a Mexican Latin beat singer recorded a song call "San Luis Rio Colorado" at memorial for the river.
San Luis Río Colorado has a Desert climate, and is one of the hottest and driest cities in Mexico. The record high temperature is 52.0 °C (125.6 °F) , recorded on June 25, 1951.[1] The record low temperature is −6.5 °C (20.3 °F), recorded on January 2, 1950.[2]
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
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| Record high °C (°F) | 38.0 (100.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
42.0 (107.6) |
48.0 (118.4) |
52.0 (125.6) |
51.0 (123.8) |
49.5 (121.1) |
48.5 (119.3) |
48.8 (119.8) |
39.6 (103.3) |
30.0 (86.0) |
52.0 (125.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
30.4 (86.7) |
35.3 (95.5) |
40.1 (104.2) |
42.3 (108.1) |
41.3 (106.3) |
39.0 (102.2) |
32.7 (90.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
31.4 (88.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.2 (55.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.4 (92.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
23.9 (75.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
13.1 (55.6) |
22.95 (73.31) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
14.50 (58.10) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4 (24.8) |
−3 (26.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
2.5 (36.5) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
11.0 (51.8) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−1 (30.2) |
−4 (24.8) |
−4 (24.8) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 8.4 (0.331) |
4.4 (0.173) |
2.7 (0.106) |
1.3 (0.051) |
0.2 (0.008) |
0.3 (0.012) |
4.1 (0.161) |
7.3 (0.287) |
6.8 (0.268) |
3.1 (0.122) |
2.8 (0.11) |
7.0 (0.276) |
48.4 (1.906) |
| Avg. rainy days | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 6.4 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Mexico's Meteorogical Service) [1] | |||||||||||||
San Luis Río Colorado Airport is the general aviation airport serving this city. The nearest International airport to San Luis Rio Colorado is General Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada International Airport near Mexicali. San Luis Rio Colorado has highway connections to other parts of Mexico and the United States.
| Imperial County, California | Yuma, Arizona | Pima County, Arizona | ||
| Mexicali, Baja California | Plutarco Elías Calles | |||
| San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. | ||||
| Gulf of California | Puerto Peñasco |