Bernal, Querétaro
Bernal Ma'hando (Otomian languages) | |
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Bernal and the Peña de Bernal | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Querétaro |
Municipality | Ezequiel Montes |
Founded | 1647 |
Population | |
• Total | 3,965 |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
San Sebastián Bernal, better known as Bernal (Spanish: [beɾˈnal] ⓘ; from Basque Vernal, "place of stones or boulders"), is a colonial village in the Mexican state of Querétaro. It was founded in 1642 by Spanish soldier Alonso Cabrera.[1]
Bernal is located 40 minutes by road from state capital Santiago de Querétaro and two and a half hours from Mexico City.[2] It is located in Ezequiel Montes municipality, a few minutes from Colón and Cadereyta.[2]
It has a current population of 2909, of which 1377 are males and 1532 are females. A total of 1014 persons are counted as Economic Active Population and there are only 630 inhabited homes in town.[3]
It is known for its enormous monolith of massive rock, the Peña de Bernal, the third highest on the planet.[2]
According to chronicler Omar Ortega Paz, its names in the Otomi language (De'hendo) and in Chichimeca (Ma'hando) have the same meaning: “In the middle of two”.[4]
In 2005, Bernal was designated a Pueblo Mágico ("Magical Town") by the Mexican Secretariat of Tourism (SECTUR).[5] The Magical Towns are admitted for being localities that have magic symbolic attributes, legends, history, transcendental facts that associate in each of its cultural manifestations, and that today mean a great opportunity for tourism.[2]
Climate
Climate data for Bernal, Querétaro (1981-2010), extremes (1973–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 40.0 (104.0) | 40.0 (104.0) | 38.0 (100.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.0 (95.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 36.0 (96.8) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.0 (87.8) | 40.0 (104.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.4 (81.3) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 27.3 (81.1) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.7 (78.3) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.5 (76.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 25.7 (78.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) | 15.0 (59.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 19.9 (67.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 16.9 (62.4) | 15.6 (60.1) | 14.0 (57.2) | 17.3 (63.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.2 (50.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 11.3 (52.3) | 9.4 (48.9) | 6.7 (44.1) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.8 (47.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) | −6.0 (21.2) | −2.0 (28.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 4.0 (39.2) | 6.0 (42.8) | 1.0 (33.8) | 0.5 (32.9) | 4.0 (39.2) | −4.0 (24.8) | −5.0 (23.0) | −8.0 (17.6) | −9.0 (15.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.0 (0.39) | 6.0 (0.24) | 11.8 (0.46) | 25.1 (0.99) | 39.4 (1.55) | 70.8 (2.79) | 94.2 (3.71) | 80.6 (3.17) | 72.1 (2.84) | 41.5 (1.63) | 11.9 (0.47) | 2.1 (0.08) | 465.5 (18.33) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 49.3 |
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (temperature, 1981-2010) [6] |
See also
- Bernal - Estado de Querétaro photo gallery.
References
- ^ "querétaro-méxico". Ezequiel Montes Querétaro. Archived from the original on 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ a b c d "de-paseo". Bernal Pueblo Mágico. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ "INEGI". Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
- ^ Serie de Cronistas del Renacimiento Mexicano: Bernal, Libro-Guia de Turismo. p. 7.
- ^ "Bernal, Querétaro | Secretaría de Turismo" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Bernal 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
20°44′20″N 99°56′24″W / 20.73889°N 99.94000°W / 20.73889; -99.94000