Alaquines
# Alaquines

Alaquines is a municipality and town in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It is 19 km away from Cárdenas.

## Geography

### Climate

Climate data for Alaquines :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.2 (75.6) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24 (75) | 23.3 (73.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 23.6 (74.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | 7.6 (45.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 10.6 (51.1) | 11.4 (52.5) | 11.4 (52.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 11.0 (51.8) | 9.4 (48.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | 6.0 (42.8) | 8.8 (47.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23 (0.9) | 18 (0.7) | 23 (0.9) | 25 (1) | 46 (1.8) | 200 (7.9) | 230 (8.9) | 210 (8.4) | 220 (8.8) | 81 (3.2) | 28 (1.1) | 15 (0.6) | 1,120 (44.2) |
| Source: Weatherbase ||||||||||||||

## History

Founded in 1616 with the old name of San José de los Montes Alaquines. It is home to a legend which tells of its saint's wish (Santo Entierro) stay in this colorful town.

## Recently

The City of Alaquines agreed to fix the road from Alaquines to San Jose del Corito that will be completed in 2009.

## Communities

The town's population is divided into 10 communities, which are listed as follows:

* Colonia Indigena
* Las Tuzas
* Rancho de Pro
* Los Morales
* La Cañada
* Martínez
* Rancho Nuevo
* Maldonado
* Las Huertas
* El Pasito de San Francisco
* El Sabino
* San José del Corito
* San José de Palmas

## Mayors of Alaquines

* Ignacio Federico Infante Martínez (1971–1973)
* Pedro Rodarte Rodríguez (1974–1976)
* Delfino Aguilar Reynaga (1977–1979)
* Abdenago Chávez Mendiola (1980–1982)
* Carlos Saldierna Vázquez (1983–1985)
* Salomón Montalbán U. (1986–1988)
* Tomás Aguilar I. (1992–1994)
* Alberto Castillo P. (1995–1997)
* Abdenango Chávez Mendiola (1997–2000)
* Bonifacio Carreón Moctezuma (2000–2003)
* J. Isabel Ruíz Cedillo (2004–2006)
* María Leonides Secaida López (2006–2009)
* Manuel Lara Barcenas (2009-2012)
* Ciriaco Carreon Rucoba (2013-2016)
