Chetumal
Chetumal (Modren Maya: Chactemàal /tɕʰaktʰe̞mɐː˨˩l/ which means: "Place o the red firth") is a ceety on the east coast o the Yucatán Peninsulae in Mexico. It is the caipital o the state o Quintana Roo an the municipal seat o the Municipality o Othón P. Blanco. In 2010 it haed a population o 151,243 fowk.[1]
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| Coordinates: 18°30′13″N 88°18′19″W / 18.50361°N 88.30528°W | |
| Kintra | Mexico |
| State | Quintana Roo |
| Municipality | Othon P. Blanco |
| Foondit | 5 Mey 1898 (Othon P. Blanco) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Andrés Ruiz Morcillo |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • City | 151,243 |
| • Urban | 151,243 |
| • Demonym | Chetumaleño(a) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 77000 |
| Area code(s) | 983, 912 |
| Website | www.chetumal.gob.mx |
The ceety is situatit on the wastren side o Chetumal Bay, near the mooth o the Río Hondo. Chetumal is an important port for the region an operates as Mexico's main tradin gateway wi the neebourin kintra o Belize. Guids are transported via a road connectin Chetumal wi Belize Ceety tae the sooth, an via coastal merchant ships an aw. Acause o its location on the Caribbean coastline, it is vulnerable tae tropical cyclones; Hurricane Janet an Hurricane Dean, baith Category 5 storms, made landfaw near Chetumal in 1955 an 2007 respectively.[2]
History eedit
In Pre-Columbie times, a ceety cried Chactemal (sometimes rendered as "Chetumal" in early European sources), probably the day's Santa Rita in Belize,[3][4] wis the caipital o a Maya state o the same name that roughly controlled the soothren quairter o modren Quintana Roo an the northeast portion o Belize. This oreeginal Chetumal is nou believit tae hae been on the ither side o the Río Hondo, in modren Belize, no at the steid o modren Chetumal.
Durin the Spainyie conquest o Yucatán, the Maya state o Chetumal focht aff several Spainyie expeditions afore feenally bein subjugatit in the late 16t hunderyear.
The 1840s revolt o the indigenous Maya fowks against Mexican rule, kent as the Caste War o Yucatán, drove aw the Hispanic fowk frae this region; maony settled in Breetish Honduras (modren Belize).
The current steid o Chetumal wis established as a Mexican port toun in 1898, oreeginally unner the name Payo Obispo. The name wis offeecially chyngit tae Chetumal in 1936.
Twa hurricanes in the 1940s leveled the entire toun; Chetumal wis devastatit a third time in 1955 bi Hurricane Janet. Efter this, the toun wis rebuilt wi mair solid construction, wi concrete blocks replacin firth as the uisual material.
The population o Chetumal wis smaw (aboot 5,000 in 1950) till the construction o heich-gates linkin it tae the rest o Mexico in the 1960s an 1970s; the ceety then boomit wi substantial migration frae ither pairts o Mexico.
Geografie eedit
Climate eedit
| Climate data for Chetumal | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record heich °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) |
36.5 (97.7) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39.5 (103.1) |
37.5 (99.5) |
37.8 (100.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.0 (100.4) |
36.2 (97.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 28.4 (83.1) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.4 (74.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
| Record law °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
10.0 (50.0) |
5.5 (41.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 64.4 (2.54) |
36.5 (1.44) |
26.8 (1.06) |
37.5 (1.48) |
127.5 (5.02) |
194.8 (7.67) |
145.2 (5.72) |
142.5 (5.61) |
203.9 (8.03) |
171.4 (6.75) |
92.4 (3.64) |
66.6 (2.62) |
1,309.5 (51.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.2 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 15.7 | 14.5 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 123.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 88 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 87 |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 215.0 | 214.9 | 246.6 | 248.0 | 255.9 | 187.1 | 213.8 | 213.6 | 164.4 | 183.8 | 191.3 | 196.4 | 2,530.8 |
| Source #1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Weatherbase,[6] Colegio de Postgraduados(sun and humidity)[7] | |||||||||||||
Main sichts eedit
Museums eedit
- Cultural Centre o the Fine Airts (Centro Cultural de las Bellas Artes), locatit in the centre o the ceety. The biggin is hoosit in wis the schuil Belisario Domínguez, which wis the first schuil o Quintana Roo.
- Museum o the Mayan Cultur (Museo de la Cultura Maya), considered the lairgest an maist comprehensive museum in the state dedicatit tae the Mayan cultur. It haes a important collection o authentic an reproductions o clessical wirks, an tells the development o Mayan cultur, its oreegins, as well as various aspects o their daily life.
- Museum o the Ceety. Tee'd tae the Cultural Centre o the Fine Airts, dedicatit tae the exhibition o photographs, tuils an documents that tell the story o the foondin o the ceety.
Monuments eedit
- Monument tae the Flag (Monumento a la Bandera), the first monument built in Chetumal. It consists o a white obelisk that haes a clock dial on each o its faces.
- Cradles o the Meztizaje (Monumento Cuna del Meztizaje), constructit in the entrance o Chetumal. It haes the shape o a Mayan pyramid on which are the statues o Gonzalo Guerrero, his wife Zazil Há an the childer o baith.
- Andrés Quintana Roo Memorial, dedicatit tae Andrés Quintana Roo, whom the state wis namit efter.
- Monument tae the Fishermen, ane o the maist recent, locatit in the Bay o Chetumal.
Pairks eedit
- Ecological Pairk (Parque Ecológico).
- Cheese Pairk
- Biouniverzoo Zoo.
References eedit
- ↑ 2010 census tables: INEGI Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Carrillo, Manuel. Dean pummels Mexican resorts[deid airtin], Reuters Canada, 2007-08-21. Accessed 2007-08-21.
- ↑ Belize Tourist Board. "Santa Rita". The Belize Virtual Guide. Naturalight Productions Ltd. Archived frae the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ↑ Association for Belizean Archaeology (1989). Foster, Byron (ed.). Warlords and maize men: a guide to the Maya sites of Belize. Cubola Productions. ISBN 978-968-6233-06-3.
- ↑ "Normales climatológicas 1951-2010" (in Spanish). Comision Nacional Del Agua. 2012. Archived frae the original on 3 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 5 Januar 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Historical Weather for Chetumal- Airport, Weatherbase. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Normales climatológicas para Chetumal Payo Obizpo, Q.ROO" (in Spanish). Colegio de Postgraduados. Retrieved 5 Januar 2013.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)[deid airtin]