Río Grande Municipality, Zacatecas
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|motto = Unión, trabajo y progreso (Union, work and progress)
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|seat_type = Seat
|seat = Río Grande
|government_footnotes ={{cite web |url=http://riograndezac.gob.mx/informatica/?page_id=3475 |title=R. Ayuntamiento 2016-2018 |publisher=Government of Río Grande |accessdate=19 January 2018}}
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|leader_title = President
|leader_name = Julio César Ramírez López
|established_title = Established
|established_date = 29 October 1833
|area_footnotes ={{cite web |url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/zap/datGenerales.aspx?entra=nacion&ent=32&mun=039 |title=Río Grande: Datos generales |language=es |website=Cédulas de información municipal |publisher=SEDESOL |date=2013 |accessdate=19 January 2018}}
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|population_as_of = 2010 Census
|population_total = 62693
|pop_est_as_of = 2015 Intercensal Survey
|population_est = 63880
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|population_blank1 = 32944
|timezone = Central
|utc_offset = -6
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|coordinates = {{coord|23|49|21|N|103|02|11|W|region:MX|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.snim.rami.gob.mx/ |language=es |title=Sistema Nacional de Información Municipal |publisher=SEGOB |date=2010 |accessdate=19 January 2018}}
|elevation_point = of seat
|elevation_m = 1857
|elevation_max_m = 2370
|elevation_max_point = Cerro Tetilla Grande
|postal_code_type = Postal codes
|postal_code = 98400–98429
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|area_code = 498
|website = [http://riograndezac.gob.mx Official website]
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Río Grande is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas.
Geography
The municipality of Río Grande is located in northern Zacatecas. It borders the municipalities of Miguel Auza, Juan Aldama, and General Francisco R. Murguía to the north, Villa de Cos to the east, Cañitas de Felipe Pescador to the southeast, Fresnillo and Saín Alto to the south, and Sombrerete to the west. It covers an area of {{convert|1842.931|km2}} and comprises 2.4% of the state's area.
Over 96% of the municipality's area lies in the drainage basin of the Aguanaval River, the main watercourse in the area which flows south to north through the municipality.{{cite web |url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/geo/contenidos/topografia/compendio.aspx |title=Compendio de Información Geográfica Municipal 2010: Río Grande, Zacatecas |language=es |publisher=INEGI |accessdate=19 January 2017}} This river was known as the Río Grande in the 16th and 17th centuries despite its modest size.{{cite book |last=Bakewell |first=P. J. |title=Silver Mining and Society in Colonial Mexico, Zacatecas 1546-1700 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/silverminingsoci0000bake/page/2 2]–3 |url=https://archive.org/details/silverminingsoci0000bake |url-access=registration |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=1971 |isbn=0521082277}} The highest point in the municipality is the Cerro Tetilla Grande located at {{coord|23|41|N|102|51|W|region:MX|display=inline}} with an elevation of {{convert|2370|m}} above sea level.
Río Grande's climate is semiarid temperate with an average annual temperature of {{convert|19|C}}. Average annual precipitation ranges between 300 and 600 millimetres.
{{Weather box
| location = Río Grande weather station at {{coord|23|49|01|N|103|01|33|W|region:MX|display=inline}}, 1902 m above sea level (1981–2010 averages)
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| Jan record high C = 28.5
| Feb record high C = 30.0
| Mar record high C = 33.5
| Apr record high C = 36.0
| May record high C = 37.0
| Jun record high C = 37.0
| Jul record high C = 34.0
| Aug record high C = 34.0
| Sep record high C = 32.5
| Oct record high C = 31.0
| Nov record high C = 31.5
| Dec record high C = 30.0
| year record high C = 37.0
| Jan high C = 20.4
| Feb high C = 22.5
| Mar high C = 26.0
| Apr high C = 29.0
| May high C = 31.0
| Jun high C = 30.0
| Jul high C = 28.0
| Aug high C = 27.6
| Sep high C = 25.8
| Oct high C = 24.8
| Nov high C = 22.9
| Dec high C = 20.9
| year high C = 25.7
| Jan mean C = 10.6
| Feb mean C = 12.5
| Mar mean C = 15.3
| Apr mean C = 18.3
| May mean C = 21.1
| Jun mean C = 21.8
| Jul mean C = 20.8
| Aug mean C = 20.3
| Sep mean C = 19.0
| Oct mean C = 16.6
| Nov mean C = 13.3
| Dec mean C = 11.2
| year mean C = 16.7
| Jan low C = 0.7
| Feb low C = 2.4
| Mar low C = 4.7
| Apr low C = 7.6
| May low C = 11.2
| Jun low C = 13.5
| Jul low C = 13.6
| Aug low C = 13.1
| Sep low C = 12.1
| Oct low C = 8.5
| Nov low C = 3.7
| Dec low C = 1.5
| year low C = 7.7
| Jan record low C = -10.0
| Feb record low C = -5.5
| Mar record low C = -5.0
| Apr record low C = -1.0
| May record low C = 3.0
| Jun record low C = 6.0
| Jul record low C = 3.0
| Aug record low C = 8.0
| Sep record low C = 4.0
| Oct record low C = -2.0
| Nov record low C = -5.0
| Dec record low C = -11.0
| year record low C = -11.0
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 15.0
| Feb precipitation mm = 9.1
| Mar precipitation mm = 2.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 4.9
| May precipitation mm = 14.1
| Jun precipitation mm = 68.3
| Jul precipitation mm = 61.4
| Aug precipitation mm = 78.1
| Sep precipitation mm = 69.2
| Oct precipitation mm = 40.0
| Nov precipitation mm = 12.8
| Dec precipitation mm = 8.9
| year precipitation mm = 383.8
| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 2.6
| Feb precipitation days = 1.4
| Mar precipitation days = 0.7
| Apr precipitation days = 1.2
| May precipitation days = 3.1
| Jun precipitation days = 8.5
| Jul precipitation days = 9.8
| Aug precipitation days = 12.1
| Sep precipitation days = 9.9
| Oct precipitation days = 4.8
| Nov precipitation days = 2.5
| Dec precipitation days = 2.3
| year precipitation days = 58.9
| source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional{{cite web
| url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales8110/NORMAL32045.TXT
| title = NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
| language = es
| accessdate = 19 January 2018}}
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History
Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, the Río Grande area was inhabited by Chichimeca peoples such as the Guachichil and {{Ill|Irritila|es}}. Oral history holds that a Spanish settlement was founded at Río Grande on 18 August 1562. The town was recognized by the Royal Audiencia of Guadalajara on March 5, 1689 under the name Santa Elena de Río Grande.{{cite web |url=http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM32zacatecas/municipios/32039a.html |title=Río Grande |language=es |website=Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México |publisher=INAFED |accessdate=19 January 2018}}
Río Grande was first incorporated as an ayuntamiento in the partido of Nieves in Zacatecas on 29 October 1833. It became a free municipality on 19 August 1916.{{cite book |date=1996 |title=Estado de Zacatecas. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995. |pages=59, 117 |url=http://internet.contenidos.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/productos/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/pais/divi_terri/1810-1985/zac/ZACATECAS.pdf |language=Spanish |location=Mexico |publisher=INEGI |isbn=970-13-1519-7}}
Administration
The municipal government comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and fourteen trustees (regidores), eight elected by relative majority and six by proportional representation.{{cite web |url=http://riograndezac.gob.mx/informatica/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BANDO-DE-POLICIA-Y-BUEN-GOBIERNO-DEL-MUNICIPIO-DE-RIO-GRANDE-ZACATECAS.pdf |title=Bando de Policía y Buen Gobierno del Municipio de Río Grande, Zacatecas |language=es |website=Catálogo de Localidades |publisher=Government of Río Grande |date=4 December 2017 |accessdate=19 January 2018}} The current president of the municipality is Julio César Ramírez López.
Demographics
In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Río Grande recorded a population of 62,693 inhabitants living in 15,628 households.{{cite web |url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=32&mun=039 |title=Resumen municipal: Municipio de Río Grande |language=es |website=Catálogo de Localidades |publisher=SEDESOL |accessdate=19 January 2018}} It recorded a population of 63,880 inhabitants in the 2015 Intercensal Survey.
There are 58 localities in the municipality, two of which are classified as urban:
Economy
The main economic activity in Río Grande is agriculture. Beans are its main crop; the municipality is located in the middle of Mexico's main bean-producing region.{{cite book |url=http://internet.contenidos.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/productos/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/historicos/380/702825118396/702825118396_2.pdf#[3,{%22name%22:%22Fit%22} |title=El Frijol en el Estado de Zacatecas |page=19 |language=es |publisher=INEGI |date=1997 |accessdate=19 January 2018 |isbn=970-13-1677-0}} The gross domestic product of the municipality was unofficially estimated at 2655.8 million Mexican pesos in 2010.{{cite journal |last1=González-Estrada |first1=Adrián |last2=Gallegos-Cedillo |first2=Gilberto |date=2014 |title=The gross domestic product of municipalities of Mexico: II. Estates M-Z |url=http://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/remexca/v5n8/v5n8a6.pdf |journal=Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Agrícolas |volume=5 |issue=8 |pages=1405–1421 |accessdate=19 January 2018}}
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