Ocampo, Guanajuato
{{Short description|Municipality in Guanajuato, Mexico}}
Ocampo is a city (and municipality) located in the northwest region of the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 1,019.49 square kilometres (3.7% of the surface of the state) and is bordered and to the south and east by San Felipe, to the north by the state of San Luis Potosí, to the west by the state of Jalisco. The municipality had a population of 23,500 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.{{Cite web|url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ |title=2005 Census |work=INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática |access-date=2007-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406130712/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ |archive-date=2013-04-06 }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_guanajuato | title=Mexican Municipality Encyclopedia | work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México | access-date=2007-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422213557/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_guanajuato| archive-date=2007-04-22}}
The municipality is named after Melchor Ocampo, a 19th-century liberal statesman.
The municipal president of Ocampo and its many smaller outlying communities is Francisco Pedroza{{Cite web |url=http://guanajuato.contralinea.com.mx/archivo/2006/agosto/htm/PAN_voto_conservador.htm |title=PAN, truinfa voto conservador {{!}} Revista Contralínea GUANAJUATO, periodismo de investigacion. Mayo 2006 Mexico {{!}} Agosto 2006 |access-date=2007-06-24 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928050531/http://guanajuato.contralinea.com.mx/archivo/2006/agosto/htm/PAN_voto_conservador.htm |url-status=dead }}
As of 2008 the largest group of immigrants from Ocampo go to Dallas, and the second-largest go to Chicago.{{cite news|author=Hernández, Macarena |author2=Gary Jacobson |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/060908dnmeteslmexico.3d5cf84.html |title=Education a challenge in small Mexican community with strong ties to Dallas |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |date=2008-06-09 |access-date=2016-12-28 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611130006/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/060908dnmeteslmexico.3d5cf84.html |archive-date=2008-06-11 }}
Climate
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| location = Ocampo, Guanajuato (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1924–present)
| single line = Y
| metric first = Y
| Jan record high C = 32
| Feb record high C = 33
| Mar record high C = 36
| Apr record high C = 39
| May record high C = 39.5
| Jun record high C = 39
| Jul record high C = 38.5
| Aug record high C = 35.5
| Sep record high C = 37
| Oct record high C = 35
| Nov record high C = 33
| Dec record high C = 32
| year record high C =
| Jan high C = 23.2
| Feb high C = 24.7
| Mar high C = 27.1
| Apr high C = 28.4
| May high C = 29.8
| Jun high C = 29.0
| Jul high C = 27.6
| Aug high C = 27.2
| Sep high C = 26.2
| Oct high C = 25.7
| Nov high C = 24.8
| Dec high C = 23.9
| year high C = 26.5
| Jan mean C = 13.2
| Feb mean C = 14.7
| Mar mean C = 16.9
| Apr mean C = 18.5
| May mean C = 20.0
| Jun mean C = 20.2
| Jul mean C = 19.2
| Aug mean C = 19.0
| Sep mean C = 18.3
| Oct mean C = 17.0
| Nov mean C = 15.3
| Dec mean C = 13.9
| year mean C = 17.2
| Jan low C = 3.3
| Feb low C = 4.7
| Mar low C = 6.7
| Apr low C = 8.5
| May low C = 10.3
| Jun low C = 11.3
| Jul low C = 10.7
| Aug low C = 10.7
| Sep low C = 10.4
| Oct low C = 8.3
| Nov low C = 5.8
| Dec low C = 3.9
| year low C = 7.9
| Jan record low C = -9.5
| Feb record low C = -6
| Mar record low C = -4
| Apr record low C = -1.3
| May record low C = 3
| Jun record low C = 5.2
| Jul record low C = 4
| Aug record low C = 5
| Sep record low C = 1.1
| Oct record low C = -1
| Nov record low C = -8
| Dec record low C = -5
| year record low C =
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 12.4
| Feb precipitation mm = 17.1
| Mar precipitation mm = 12.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 7.9
| May precipitation mm = 34.3
| Jun precipitation mm = 78.8
| Jul precipitation mm = 103.9
| Aug precipitation mm = 73.2
| Sep precipitation mm = 86.0
| Oct precipitation mm = 26.5
| Nov precipitation mm = 11.0
| Dec precipitation mm = 7.0
| year precipitation mm = 470.1
| Jan rain days = 2.0
| Feb rain days = 1.9
| Mar rain days = 1.6
| Apr rain days = 1.3
| May rain days = 4.2
| Jun rain days = 8.2
| Jul rain days = 9.2
| Aug rain days = 7.6
| Sep rain days = 8.1
| Oct rain days = 4.0
| Nov rain days = 1.4
| Dec rain days = 1.2
| year rain days = 50.7
| source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional{{cite web
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Education
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Fifty schools are located in Ocampo. They include:
- Escuela Primaria 18 de Marzo (La Tinajia area) - In 2008 Jose Juan Salazar, an official from the education department of Ocampo municipality, stated that it was the best school in Ocampo.{{cite news|author=Hernández, Macarena |author2=Gary Jacobson |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/060908dnmetesllatinaja.3d5a114.html |title=Hard work translates to success at La Tinaja school in Ocampo |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |date=2008-06-09 |access-date=2016-12-28 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611130001/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/060908dnmetesllatinaja.3d5a114.html |archive-date=2008-06-11 }}
- Gral Vicente Guerrero Urban School #1{{cite news|author=Hernández, Macarena |author2=Gary Jacobson |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/060908dnmeteslguerero.3d5b76b.html |title=At Ocampo's Guerrero elementary, many students dream of going to America |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |date=2008-06-08 |access-date=2016-12-28 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125011846/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/longterm/stories/060908dnmeteslguerero.3d5b76b.html |archive-date=2009-11-25 }}
References
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External links
- [http://ocampo-gto.webcindario.com Ocampo] (in Spanish)
{{Coord|21.650|N|101.500|W|display=title|type:city_region:MX_source:GNS-enwiki}}
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