Ahualulco de Mercado is a City and

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, in Jalisco in central-western

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. The municipality covers an area of 134.22 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,465.

Name origin

Ahualulco comes from the Nahuatl word ''Ayahualolco'' which means "place of water crowned" or "place around the water."

Geographical description

Location

Ahualulco de Mercado is located in central Jalisco, at coordinates 20° 37'20" to 20° 46'10" north latitude and 103° 52'00" to 104º 04'30" west longitude. The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipalities of

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and

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, on the east by the town of Teuchitlán, on the south by the municipalities Teuchitlán and Ameca, and on the west by the municipalities of Ameca and

. It lies on the road from El Refugio to San Marcos and is the most populous town and tourism in this area.

Weather

The weather is

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with dry winter and spring, and semi-warm, no well-defined thermal change for winter. The average annual temperature is 21.3

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, with a high of 29.7 °C and minimum 13 °C. The rainfall occurs between the months of June and July, having a mean of 871.4 mm precipitation, and reaching up to 1,100 during the rainy season. The average annual frost days is 8. The prevailing winds are north towards the northwest.

References

{{Authority control Municipalities of Jalisco