Tepic
| Tepic | ||
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| City | ||
| Noble and Loyal city of Tepic | ||
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 Location of Tepic municipality | ||
  Tepic Location in Mexico | ||
| Coordinates: 21°30′30″N 104°53′35″W / 21.50833°N 104.89306°W | ||
| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Nayarit | |
| Municipality | Tepic | |
| Founded | November 18, 1531 | |
| Founded by | Nuño de Guzmán | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Héctor González Curiel | |
| Elevation | 920 m (3,020 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • City | 332 863 hab. | |
| • Metro | 489,511 | |
| • Metro density | 211,41/km2 (54,750/sq mi) | |
| • Demonym | Tepicense | |
| Time zone | MST (UTC−7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) | |
| Website |
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Tepic (
te'pik ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Nayarit.
It is located in the central part of the state, at 21°30′30″N 104°53′35″W / 21.50833°N 104.89306°W. It stands at an altitude of 915 metres (3,002 ft) above sea level, on the banks of the Río Mololoa and the Río Tepic, approximately 225 kilometres (140 mi) north-west of Guadalajara, Jalisco. Nearby are the extinct Sangangüey volcano and its crater lake. Tepic is the primary urban center of this rich agricultural region; major crops include sugarcane, tobacco and citrus fruits.
The city was founded in 1542. In the 2005 census, it reported a population of 295,204. Its surrounding municipality of the same name had a population of 336,403. The municipality has an area of 1,983.3 km2 (765.8 sq mi).
It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tepic.
Climate
Tepic has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa), with most rain falling in the wet season from June to October.
| Climate data for Tepic (normals 1951–1980, extremes 1951–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.9 (93) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.0 (95) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.2 (100.8) |
37.6 (99.7) |
37.1 (98.8) |
35.2 (95.4) |
39.1 (102.4) |
34.4 (93.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.1 (102.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.2 (84.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.0 (86) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.9 (84) |
28.9 (84) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.5 (83.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.0 (62.6) |
17.2 (63) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.0 (68) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.2 (54) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) |
0.2 (32.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
4.2 (39.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.8 (37) |
3.1 (37.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.0 (0.827) |
9.3 (0.366) |
13.2 (0.52) |
19.6 (0.772) |
11.1 (0.437) |
165.8 (6.528) |
401.6 (15.811) |
350.8 (13.811) |
238.0 (9.37) |
101.2 (3.984) |
18.2 (0.717) |
28.8 (1.134) |
1,378.6 (54.276) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.70 | 1.20 | 0.44 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 10.17 | 20.58 | 20.79 | 17.13 | 7.03 | 1.64 | 2.57 | 84.40 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 81 | 78 | 77 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 216.6 | 224.8 | 256.3 | 275.4 | 289.7 | 207.1 | 181.3 | 175.4 | 149.1 | 217.2 | 209.5 | 179.9 | 2,582.5 |
| Source #1: Colegio de Postgraduados[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[2] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Juan Escutia: Boy hero of the Battle of Chapultepec. Born in Tepic, between 1828 and 1832, on the morning of 13 September 1847, he fought to prevent invading U.S. forces from capturing Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City. After a brave defense, he is reported to have wrapped himself in the national flag and leaped to his death.
- Alexander Forbes, British consul to Mexico at Tepic, and author of the first English-language book on California
- Luis E. Miramontes: Chemist, co-inventor of the first contraceptive pill
- Amado Nervo: Poet and diplomat
- La Chilindrina (María Antonieta de las Nieves)
- Emilia Ortiz: Contemporary painter, caricaturist and poet, after whom the major downtown Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Emilia Ortiz has been named.
- Gustavo Ayón: NBA basketball player
- Francisco Guerrero (politician): Mayor of San Francisco, 1836-1842.
Sports
Nayarit had small stadiums built for football (soccer) and baseball. Both now demolished, they have a project to make new, modern, and bigger stadiums; the state has three sport private clubs. There are multiple football (soccer) fields and places to play "cascaritas" (pick-up games), indoor football (soccer) courts, a basketball center and gym (with wooden flooring), several volleyball courts, and a bowling alley. In Tepic, tennis is a popular sport, but the most popular is soccer. The city also has a bullring, as do most Mexican cities. Tepic has several state teams. Both the soccer and the basketball teams are named "Coras".
They have also futbol rapido, which is similar to futsal, but players bounce the ball off the walls as they play; there is a facility for this sport next to the old airport.
Twin towns
References
- ↑ "Normales climatológicas para Tepic, Nayarit" (in Spanish). Colegio de Postgraduados. Archived from the original on February 19, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Normales climatológicas 1981-2000" (in Spanish). Comision Nacional Del Agua. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
Sources
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- (Spanish) Nayarit Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
- (Spanish) Official website (Ayuntamiento de Tepic)
- Map
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