Las Vigas

Municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero

This article is about the municipality in the state of Guerrero in Mexico and is not to be confused with Las Vigas de Ramírez or Las Vegas.

Municipality in Guerrero, Mexico

Las Vigas

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Coordinates: 16°45′44″N 99°13′44″W﻿ / ﻿16.76222°N 99.22889°W﻿ / 16.76222; -99.22889
Country|  Mexico
State|  Guerrero
Incorporated| 21 May 2022
Seat| Las Vigas
Area

[1]

• Total

| 147.54 km2 (56.97 sq mi)
Population

(2020 Census)[1]

• Total

| 9,449
• Density| 64/km2 (170/sq mi)
• Seat

| 4,762
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central)
Postal codes|

39990–39997[2]

Area code| 745

Las Vigas is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It is located about 95 kilometres (59 mi) southeast of the state capital of Chilpancingo. Its creation from the municipality of San Marcos was approved in 2021 and went into force on 21 May 2022.

## Geography

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The municipality of Las Vigas is located in the Costa Chica region of eastern Guerrero. It borders the municipalities of San Marcos to the west, Tecoanapa to the north, Florencio Villarreal to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Most of the municipality lies within the drainage basin of Tecomate Lagoon, which extends into the southwestern part of the municipality, and is part of the Lagunas Costeras de Guerrero Key Biodiversity Area.[3] The northeastern part of the municipality lies in the basin of the Nexpa River, which forms part of the border between Las Vigas and Florencio Villarreal.[4]

Las Vigas has a subhumid temperate climate with rain in the summer. Average temperatures range between 26 and 28 °C (79–82 °F).[4]

Climate data for Las Vigas weather station at 16°45′03″N 99°14′05″W﻿ / ﻿16.75083°N 99.23472°W﻿ / 16.75083; -99.23472, 60 m above sea level (1981–2010 averages, 1951–2010 extremes)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Record high °C (°F)  | 38.0
(100.4)  | 38.5
(101.3)  | 39.5
(103.1)  | 40.0
(104.0)  | 41.0
(105.8)  | 40.0
(104.0)  | 40.0
(104.0)  | 39.5
(103.1)  | 38.0
(100.4)  | 38.5
(101.3)  | 39.0
(102.2)  | 38.5
(101.3)  | 41.0
(105.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 32.5
(90.5)  | 32.7
(90.9)  | 33.1
(91.6)  | 33.8
(92.8)  | 34.0
(93.2)  | 32.9
(91.2)  | 32.5
(90.5)  | 32.4
(90.3)  | 31.8
(89.2)  | 32.4
(90.3)  | 33.0
(91.4)  | 32.8
(91.0)  | 32.8
(91.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 25.0
(77.0)  | 25.0
(77.0)  | 25.5
(77.9)  | 26.5
(79.7)  | 27.8
(82.0)  | 27.7
(81.9)  | 27.4
(81.3)  | 27.3
(81.1)  | 26.9
(80.4)  | 27.0
(80.6)  | 26.4
(79.5)  | 25.6
(78.1)  | 26.5
(79.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 17.4
(63.3)  | 17.3
(63.1)  | 17.9
(64.2)  | 19.2
(66.6)  | 21.5
(70.7)  | 22.5
(72.5)  | 22.2
(72.0)  | 22.2
(72.0)  | 21.9
(71.4)  | 21.6
(70.9)  | 19.8
(67.6)  | 18.4
(65.1)  | 20.2
(68.4)
Record low °C (°F)  | 12.5
(54.5)  | 10.0
(50.0)  | 11.0
(51.8)  | 13.0
(55.4)  | 14.0
(57.2)  | 18.5
(65.3)  | 19.0
(66.2)  | 19.0
(66.2)  | 19.0
(66.2)  | 17.0
(62.6)  | 13.0
(55.4)  | 12.0
(53.6)  | 10.0
(50.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 14.4
(0.57)  | 8.6
(0.34)  | 1.5
(0.06)  | 0.6
(0.02)  | 43.7
(1.72)  | 292.4
(11.51)  | 244.9
(9.64)  | 246.6
(9.71)  | 312.3
(12.30)  | 125.9
(4.96)  | 9.4
(0.37)  | 9.7
(0.38)  | 1,310
(51.57)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 0.8  | 0.4  | 0.1  | 0.2  | 3.0  | 12.6  | 13.5  | 14.3  | 16.0  | 7.2  | 1.3  | 0.6  | 70.0
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[5][6]

## History

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Las Vigas and its surrounding communities had been demanding the creation of an independent municipal government since at least 2014.[7] On 31 August 2021, the Guerrero state congress approved the formation of the municipality of Las Vigas from nineteen localities previously belonging to San Marcos.[1] The state constitutional amendment establishing the municipality was passed on 13 January 2022 and went into force on 21 May 2022.[8]

## Administration

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Las Vigas will hold its first elections as an independent municipality in 2024. The municipal government of Las Vigas will consist of a municipal president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and six trustees (regidores).[9]

## Demographics

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In the 2020 Mexican Census, the localities that now comprise the municipality of Las Vigas recorded a population of 9449 inhabitants.[1] The municipal seat, also named Las Vigas, recorded a population of 4762 inhabitants in the 2020 Census.[10]

## Economy and infrastructure

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The flat land of Las Vigas is well suited for farming and animal husbandry. The municipality is irrigated by the Nexpa River and the Revolución Mexicana reservoir on that river.[1] Fishing and artisanal salt production are practised in Tecomate Lagoon.[11][12]

Mexican Federal Highway 200 runs through the municipal seat, connecting it with San Marcos and Acapulco to the west, and Cruz Grande and Ometepec to the east.

Secondary education is available in Las Vigas, including a preparatory school for the Autonomous University of Guerrero.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "DECRETO NÚMERO 864 MEDIANTE EL CUAL SE CREA EL MUNICIPIO DE LAS VIGAS, GUERRERO" (PDF) (in Spanish). Congress of Guerrero. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
2. ^ "Consulta de Códigos Postales". Catálogo Nacional de Códigos Postales. Mexican Postal Service. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
3. ^ "Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Lagunas Costeras de Guerrero". World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
4. ^ a b "San Marcos, Guerrero" (PDF). Prontuario de información geográfica municipal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). INEGI. 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
5. ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
6. ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
7. ^ Rodríguez Guzmán, Alberto (16 August 2014). "Dejan el Palacio de San Marcos promotores del municipio de Las Vigas; tratará el martes el Cabildo su solicitud". El Sur (in Spanish). Chilpancingo. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
8. ^ "DECRETO NÚMERO 161 POR EL QUE SE APRUEBA LA ADICIÓN DE LOS NUEVOS MUNICIPIOS DE SANTA CRUZ DEL RINCÓN, SAN NICOLÁS, ÑUU SAVI Y LAS VIGAS AL ARTÍCULO 27 DE LA CONSTITUCIÓN POLÍTICA DEL ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE GUERRERO. EN EL LUGAR QUE CONFORME AL ORDEN ALFABÉTICO LES CORRESPONDE" (PDF). Periódico Oficial del Estado de Guerrero (in Spanish). 20 May 2022. pp. 9–24. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
9. ^ Chávez, Lourdes (16 November 2023). "Aprueba IEPC composición de ayuntamientos, incluidos los cuatro nuevos municipios". El Sur (in Spanish). Chilpancingo. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
10. ^ "Panorama sociodemográfico de Guerrero. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). INEGI. 2021. p. 134. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
11. ^ Villerías Salinas, Salvador; Tello Almaguer, Pedro Vidal; García Castro, Neftalí (March 2016). "Algunas características ambientales de la laguna de Tecomate, Guerrero, México" [Some environmental characteristics of the lagoon of Tecomate, Guerrero, Mexico]. Tlamati (in Spanish). 7 (1): 11–13. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
12. ^ Good, Catharine (Spring 1995). "SALT PRODUCTION AND COMMERCE IN GUERRERO, MEXICO: An ethnographic contribution to historical reconstruction". Ancient Mesoamerica. 6 (1): 1–13\. JSTOR 26307200.

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