Melchor Ocampo is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is named after Don

Melchor Ocampo Melchor Ocampo (5 January 1814 – 3 June 1861) was a Mexican lawyer, scientist, and politician. A mestizo and a radical liberal, he was fiercely anticlerical, perhaps an atheist, and his early writings against the Catholic Church in Mexico ga ...

, who was Foreign Minister during the government of

Benito Juárez Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican liberal politician and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. As a Zapotec, he was the first indigenous pre ...

Location

The municipality of Melchor Ocampo is located in the northeastern part of the state. Its coordinates are: 25º03´ N and 99º33´ W, and it is 145 meters over sea level. It limits with the following municipalities: To the north with

General Treviño General Treviño is a municipality in northern Mexico. General Treviño originated from a ranch named “El Puntiagudo” that was given to Don Juan Baptista Chapa on 14 January 1688. Don Francisco Chapa made the foundation in 1705. Its erectio ...

; to the south with Los Herreras; to the east with Los Aldamas; and to the west with Cerralvo.

Climate

A semi-arid climate with extreme temperatures in winter and summer. In summer, average daily low temperature is 24 °C and average daily high is 40 °C. June, July and August are the hottest months. Average annual rainfall is 600mm. Wind currents tend to come from the south in summer and the north in winter.

Population

According to the 1990 federal census, the municipality had a population of 1,641 and a density of 7 inhabitants/km². The census showed 834 males and 807 females in the population. There was 1 native language speaker, representing 0.09% of the total population in the municipality. The 2000 federal census showed a decline in population, with 1,215 inhabitants, of which 631 were male and 584 female.

Population Centers

The municipality seat of government, also named Melchor Ocampo with a population of 1,100 is the largest. Other population centers include: Sócrates Rizo, La Coma, El Reparo, La Paloma, Loma Blanca, El Orégano.

History

Melchor Ocampo, N.L., was founded by the Spanish settlers Juan de Benavides and Napoleón de García in 1702. They named the foundation “Charco Redondo”. Melchor Ocampo obtained the category of municipality by state decree on October 20, 1948.

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20061205204550/http://www.melchorocampo.gob.mx/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Melchor Ocampo, Nuevo Leon Municipalities of Nuevo León