Ciudad Madera

Madera, also known as Ciudad Madera, is a town and seat of the municipality of Madera in the mountains of the northwestern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the city of Madera had a population of 15,447,[1] up from 15,267 as of 2005.[2]

Madera
Town
Madera
Location in Mexico
Madera
Madera (Chihuahua)
Coordinates: 29°11′24″N 108°8′29″W
Country Mexico
StateChihuahua
MunicipalityMadera
Elevation
2,112 m (6,929 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total15,447

It is a logging town, located in the mountains and the lumber industry is still very important. Madera is Spanish for "wood", and there used to be a large U.S. company with large lumber mills, there is still a section of the city called "barrio americano" where some American-style wooden houses still survive. New manufacturing industries have created new employment for the residents.

It is at 2,112 metres (6,929 ft) above sea level and was founded in 1906.

The town is located 276 kilometres northwest of the state capital, Chihuahua, and 536 km southwest of Ciudad Juárez on the U.S. border.

History

Madera has been the starting point of the Cabalgata Binacional Villista (see cavalcade).

Madera is also the place where on September 23, 1965, a guerrilla attack on the military took place; this gave the name to the "Liga 23 de Septiembre," an urban socialist guerrilla group that took the name to commemorate what they considered their martyrs.

Religion

From 25 April 1966 it was the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Madera; after that was promoted to Diocese of Cuauhtémoc-Madera, with a cathedral in its new see Cuauhtémoc, Madera's San Pedro church, dedicated to Saint Peter, was given the status of co-cathedral.

Geography

Madera is surrounded by the great Sierra Madre mountains (southern stretch of the Rocky Mountains in Canada and USA).

Climate

Madera’s high altitude gives it a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwb), characterised by warm, wet summers and dry winters with cold nights. Frost occurs most mornings from October to April, but daytime temperatures rise to double figures Celsius. Snow falls on about 7 days per year on average (more often on mountain peaks).

Climate data for Madera
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 24
(75)		 27
(81)		 29
(84)		 33
(91)		 37
(99)		 40
(104)		 39
(102)		 36
(97)		 34
(93)		 30
(86)		 28
(82)		 27
(81)		 40
(104)
Average high °C (°F) 13.0
(55.4)		 14.4
(57.9)		 16.7
(62.1)		 20.6
(69.1)		 24.5
(76.1)		 28.3
(82.9)		 26.5
(79.7)		 25.5
(77.9)		 24.4
(75.9)		 21.5
(70.7)		 17.6
(63.7)		 14.1
(57.4)		 20.6
(69.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 3.2
(37.8)		 4.4
(39.9)		 6.6
(43.9)		 10.2
(50.4)		 13.8
(56.8)		 18.1
(64.6)		 18.6
(65.5)		 17.8
(64.0)		 15.9
(60.6)		 11.4
(52.5)		 6.8
(44.2)		 3.7
(38.7)		 10.9
(51.6)
Average low °C (°F) −6.7
(19.9)		 −5.6
(21.9)		 −3.5
(25.7)		 −0.2
(31.6)		 3.1
(37.6)		 7.8
(46.0)		 10.7
(51.3)		 10.1
(50.2)		 7.5
(45.5)		 1.2
(34.2)		 −4.0
(24.8)		 −6.7
(19.9)		 1.1
(34.0)
Record low °C (°F) −25
(−13)		 −20
(−4)		 −17
(1)		 −11
(12)		 −8
(18)		 −4
(25)		 2
(36)		 1
(34)		 −3
(27)		 −11
(12)		 −17
(1)		 −25
(−13)		 −25
(−13)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 47.9
(1.89)		 42.0
(1.65)		 23.8
(0.94)		 13.6
(0.54)		 13.7
(0.54)		 46.7
(1.84)		 157.3
(6.19)		 146.7
(5.78)		 78.6
(3.09)		 39.8
(1.57)		 36.5
(1.44)		 51.0
(2.01)		 697.6
(27.46)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.5 4.3 2.9 1.9 2.3 6.7 18.0 16.9 9.6 4.4 3.1 4.4 79.0
Average snowy days (≥ 1 cm) 1.33 1.58 1.45 0.39 0 0 0 0 0 0.04 0.75 1.40 6.94
Source 1: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[3]
Source 2: Colegio de Postgraduados[4]

References
  1. "Madera". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on October 13, 2008
  3. "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1951-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on February 12, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  4. "Normales climatológicas para Madera, Chih" (in Spanish). Colegio de Postgraduados. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.

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