Pachuquilla is a Mexican town in the State of Hidalgo, 2,420 meters (7,940 feet) above sea level. In 1958, it became the municipal seat of

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. The name ''Pachuquilla'' was adopted from the nearby city of Pachuca de Soto and means ''Little Pachuca'' in English.

Demographics

Its population is 127,404. The literacy rate is 96.84% (2.8% of the male and 3.39% of the female population are illiterate) and their school attendance rate is 73.11%. In 2005, Pachuquilla had the 19th highest

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score in

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Climate

The

climate Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorologic ...

in Pachuquilla is mostly

temperate In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout t ...

and dry. It is hotter in early summer with

rainfall Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water f ...

in the later

summer Summer is the hottest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centred on the summer solstice, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset occurs, daylight hours are longest and dark hours are shortest, wit ...

months. The

wind Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hou ...

blows from south to west and low

humidity Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air. Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye. Humidity indicates the likelihood for precipitation, dew, or fog to be present. Humidity depe ...

prevails mainly in the months of February, thru April. The average annual temperature is 14.2 °C (57.56 °F), with a maximum temperature of 31.4 °C (88.52 °F ) and a minimum temperature of 3 °C (37.4 °F). The average annual rainfall is 387 mm (15.2 in), while atmospheric pressure stays around 574 mm (22.6 in) Hg.

References

Populated places in Hidalgo (state) {{Hidalgo-geo-stub