Luis Moya, Zacatecas
Luis Moya | |
|---|---|
 The Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the municipal seat of Luis Moya | |
  Luis Moya Location of Luis Moya  Luis Moya Luis Moya (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 22°25′57″N 102°14′55″W / 22.43250°N 102.24861°W[1] | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Zacatecas |
| Established | 5 February 1857 |
| Seat | Luis Moya |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Guadalupe Silva Medina |
| Area | |
• Total | 176.9 km2 (68.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation [1] (of seat) | 1,991 m (6,532 ft) |
| Population (2020 Census)[2] | |
• Total | 13,184 |
| • Density | 75/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| • Seat | 6,983 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| Postal codes | 98770–98795[3] |
| Area code | 458 |
| Website | Official website |
Luis Moya is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, located approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) southeast of the state capital at Zacatecas. It is named after Luis Moya (1855–1911), a colonel in the Mexican Revolution who was posthumously given the rank of brigadier general in 1939.[4]
Geography
[edit]The municipality of Luis Moya is located at an elevation between 1,900 and 2,400 metres (6,200–7,900 ft) on the Mexican Plateau in southeastern Zacatecas. It borders the Zacatecan municipalities of Cuauhtémoc to the northwest, Ojocaliente to the northeast, Noria de Ángeles to the east, and Loreto to the southeast.[5] It also borders the municipalities of Cosío, Rincón de Romos, and Tepezalá in the state of Aguascalientes to the south. The municipality covers an area of 176.9 square kilometres (68.3 sq mi) and comprises 0.2% of the state's area.[2]
As of 2009, 73% of the land in Luis Moya is used for agriculture. Matorral (24.7%) and urban areas (1.1%) cover much of the rest of the municipality. Luis Moya is drained by the San Pedro or Aguascalientes River, a tributary of the Río Verde in the Lerma–Santiago river basin. The San Pedro River forms part of the border between Luis Moya and the municipality of Cosío in Aguascalientes.[5]
Climate
[edit]Luis Moya has a temperate semi-arid climate with dry winters. Average temperatures in the municipality range between 16 and 18 °C (61–64 °F), and average annual precipitation ranges between 400 and 500 millimetres (16–20 in).[5]
| Climate data for Luis Moya weather station at 22°26′20″N 102°15′06″W / 22.43889°N 102.25167°W, 2017 m above sea level (1981–2010 averages, 1951–2010 extremes) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
42.0 (107.6) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
29.3 (84.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.4 (77.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.1 (39.4) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
11.4 (52.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.2 (37.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
2.0 (35.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.8 (0.86) |
10.4 (0.41) |
1.2 (0.05) |
11.2 (0.44) |
24.1 (0.95) |
84.4 (3.32) |
108.3 (4.26) |
113.4 (4.46) |
68.7 (2.70) |
30.5 (1.20) |
8.8 (0.35) |
5.7 (0.22) |
488.5 (19.23) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 45.7 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[6][7] | |||||||||||||
History
[edit]Luis Moya was originally founded as a settlement in 1692 with the name of San Francisco de los Adames.[8]
After Mexican independence, San Francisco de los Adames was part of the partido of Pinos in the state of San Luis Potosí. The Constitution of 1857 formalized the transfer of the municipality of San Francisco de los Adames to Zacatecas. It became a free municipality under the name of San Francisco de los Adame on 19 August 1916. On 9 January 1935, the municipality changed its name in honour of Luis Moya.[9]
Administration
[edit]The municipal government of Luis Moya comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and ten trustees (regidores), six elected by relative majority and four by proportional representation.[8] The current president of the municipality is Guadalupe Silva Medina.[10]
Demographics
[edit]In the 2020 Census, Luis Moya recorded a population of 13,184 inhabitants living in 3267 households.[2] The 2010 Census recorded a population of 12,234 inhabitants in Luis Moya.[1]
There are 47 inhabited localities in the municipality,[2] of which only the municipal seat, also called Luis Moya, is classified as urban.[11] It recorded a population of 6983 inhabitants in the 2020 Census.[2]
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]The economy of Luis Moya is diversified between the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors.[12] Agricultural activities include the farming of dairy cattle, whose production supplies companies such as Lala and Nestlé;[12] and crops such as alfalfa, fodder corn and oats, grapes, and tomatoes.[13] Manufacturing activities include food processing, metalworking and textile production.[12]
Federal Highway 45 runs through the northern part of the municipality, connecting it to the cities of Zacatecas to the northwest and Aguascalientes to the south. A segment of Federal Highway 71 branches off from Highway 45 at the municipal seat of Luis Moya and runs south to San Francisco de los Romo in Aguascalientes. The Ferromex-owned railroad which runs between the cities of Aguascalientes and Zacatecas forms part of the municipality's western border.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal" (in Spanish). SEGOB. 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Panorama sociodemográfico de Zacatecas. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 (PDF) (in Spanish). INEGI. 2021. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Consulta de Códigos Postales". Catálogo Nacional de Códigos Postales. Mexican Postal Service. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Diccionario de generales de la Revolución (PDF) (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de las Revoluciones de México. 2014. pp. 696–699. ISBN 978-607-9276-49-2. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Luis Moya, Zacatecas" (PDF). Prontuario de información geográfica municipal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). INEGI. 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Luis Moya". Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Estado de Zacatecas. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. pp. 59, 117. ISBN 970-13-1519-7. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Alvarado, Silvia (8 June 2021). "Va por Zacatecas gana más municipios". Pórtico (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Resumen municipal: Municipio de Luis Moya". Catálogo de Localidades (in Spanish). SEDESOL. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Luis Moya Municipal Council (15 January 2014). "Plan de Desarrollo Municipal del Municipio de Luis Moya, Zac. 2013 - 2016" (PDF). Suplemento al Periódico Oficial (in Spanish). Vol. 124, no. 5. Government of Zacatecas. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Información estadística básica. Municipio: 025 Luis Moya" (in Spanish). Coordinación Estatal de Planeación. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
