Candelaria de la Frontera is a municipality in the Santa Ana department of El Salvador.
Candelaria de la Frontera | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Candelaria de la Frontera Location in El Salvador | |
| Coordinates: 14°7′N 89°39′W / 14.117°N 89.650°W | |
| Country |  El Salvador |
| Department | Santa Ana Department |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Janet Rivera (ARENA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.19 sq mi (91.13 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,224 ft (678 m) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 22,686 |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Candelaria de la Frontera (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.2 (86.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.7 (92.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
31.1 (88.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.5 (0.06) |
3.6 (0.14) |
5.5 (0.22) |
48.6 (1.91) |
191.9 (7.56) |
286.1 (11.26) |
233.4 (9.19) |
296.8 (11.69) |
326.5 (12.85) |
189.7 (7.47) |
33.4 (1.31) |
7.9 (0.31) |
1,624.8 (63.97) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 62 | 60 | 59 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 73 | 76 | 80 | 77 | 68 | 65 | 69.2 |
| Source: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales[1] | |||||||||||||
People
editGabriel Granillo, a Salvadoran American killed during a 2006 gang fight in Houston, Texas, is buried in Candelaria de la Frontera.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Normales Climatológicas 1991-2020" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales. Archived from the original on May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ Peralta, Eyder. "Pain and aftermath" (Archive). Houston Chronicle. December 5, 2006. Retrieved on November 7, 2015.
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