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Atoyac, Jalisco

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established_title2
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area_total_km2	451.5
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area_blank1_title	Town
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Atoyac Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The administrative centre for the municipality is located in the town of Atoyac, Jalisco.

Name

Its name derives from the Nahuatl Atoya-k, which means to "Place near the river".

About 36,000 years ago this region was covered by the waters that formed an immense lake.

Geography

The municipality of Atoyac is located in the southern region of the state of Jalisco, between coordinates 19°52'20" to 20°07'35" North and 103°20'40" to 103°36'05" West, at a height of 1,350 meters above sea level.

It limits the north with the municipality of Zacoalco de Torres and Teocuitatlán de Corona, the south with Sayula and Gómez Farías; to the east with Teocuitatlán de Corona and Concepción de Buenos Aires and to the west with Amacueca and Techaluta de Montenegro.

The municipal territory of Atoyac has a surface of 235.81 km2. Festivities - Atoyac, as many towns in Mexico, is part of an annual festivity in which a saint (El Senor the de la Salud) is celebrated. According to an ancient myth, the town of Atoyac suffered a devastating epidemic that killed several residents. It was not until the saint was brought down from its post and paraded around the town that the epidemic allegedly stopped. In celebration of this miracle, the saint is parade every year following the same route it did the first time.

Climate

| Jan record high C = 38 | Feb record high C = 36 | Mar record high C = 39 | Apr record high C = 39.5 | May record high C = 40 | Jun record high C = 40.5 | Jul record high C = 39 | Aug record high C = 36.5 | Sep record high C = 34.5 | Oct record high C = 38 | Nov record high C = 37 | Dec record high C = 34.5 | Jan record low C = 0.5 | Feb record low C = 0.5 | Mar record low C = 2.5 | Apr record low C = 5.4 | May record low C = 7 | Jun record low C = 10 | Jul record low C = 6 | Aug record low C = 10.5 | Sep record low C = 7.5 | Oct record low C = 5 | Nov record low C = 2.5 | Dec record low C = 1 |access-date = 2 January 2025 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250102043224/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/jal/nor9120_14018.txt |archive-date = 2 January 2025}}{{cite web |access-date = 2 January 2025 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250102043323/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Med-Extr/jal/medex14018.txt |archive-date = 2 January 2025}}

References

[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/mexico/admin/jalisco/14014__atoyac/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Atoyac municipality with localities

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