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Municipality and town in San Luis Potosí, Mexico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alaquines is a municipality and town in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It is 19 km away from Cárdenas.
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Alaquines, San Luis Potosi | |
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Municipality and town | |
Country | Mexico |
State | San Luis Potosí |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Climate data for Alaquines | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24 (75) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
6.0 (42.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23 (0.9) |
18 (0.7) |
23 (0.9) |
25 (1) |
46 (1.8) |
200 (7.9) |
230 (8.9) |
210 (8.4) |
220 (8.8) |
81 (3.2) |
28 (1.1) |
15 (0.6) |
1,120 (44.2) |
Source: Weatherbase [1] |
Founded in 1616 with the old name of San José de los Montes Alaquines. It is home to a legend which tells of its saint's wish (Santo Entierro) stay in this colorful town.
The City of Alaquines agreed to fix the road from Alaquines to San Jose del Corito that will be completed in 2009.[needs update]
The town's population is divided into 10 communities, which are listed as follows:
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