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'''San Sebastián Bernal''' ([[Otomi language|Otomi]]: '''Ma'hando'''), better known as '''Bernal''' (<small>Spanish</small> {{Audio-IPA|BernalPronunciation.ogg|[berna'l]|}}) (from [[Basque language|Basque]] ''Vernal'', 'place of stones or boulders'), is a colonial village in the [[Mexican state]] of [[Querétaro]]. It was founded in 1642 by Spanish soldier Alonso Cabrera.<ref name="querétaro-méxico">{{cite web |title=querétaro-méxico |url=http://www.queretaro-mexico.com.mx/montes/index.html |publisher=Ezequiel Montes Querétaro |accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>
'''San Sebastián Bernal''', better known as '''Bernal''' ({{IPA|es|beɾˈnal|lang|BernalPronunciation.ogg}}; from [[Basque language|Basque]] ''Vernal'', "place of stones or boulders"), is a colonial village in the [[Mexican state]] of [[Querétaro]]. It was founded in 1642 by Spanish soldier Alonso Cabrera.<ref name="querétaro-méxico">{{cite web|title=querétaro-méxico|url=http://www.queretaro-mexico.com.mx/montes/index.html|publisher=Ezequiel Montes Querétaro|accessdate=2008-01-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129072859/http://www.queretaro-mexico.com.mx/montes/index.html|archivedate=2008-01-29}}</ref>


[[Image:2008.03.29.150917 Bernal Querétaro.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Peña de Bernal]]
[[Image:2008.03.29.150917 Bernal Querétaro.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Peña de Bernal]]
[[File:San Sebastian Bernal, Querétaro.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Street in Bernal Town.]]
[[File:San Sebastian Bernal, Querétaro.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Street in Bernal Town.]]


Bernal is located 40 minutes by road from state capital [[Santiago de Querétaro]] and two and a half hours from [[Mexico City]].<ref name="de-paseo">{{cite web |title=de-paseo |url=http://www.de-paseo.com/Bernal/PuebloMagico.htm |publisher=Bernal Pueblo Mágico |accessdate=2008-01-28}}</ref>
Bernal is located 40 minutes by road from state capital [[Santiago de Querétaro]] and two and a half hours from [[Mexico City]].<ref name="de-paseo">{{cite web|title=de-paseo|url=http://www.de-paseo.com/Bernal/PuebloMagico.htm|publisher=Bernal Pueblo Mágico|accessdate=2008-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210231720/http://www.de-paseo.com/Bernal/PuebloMagico.htm|archive-date=2010-02-10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
It is located in [[Ezequiel Montes]] [[municipalities of Mexico|municipality]], a few minutes from [[Colón, Querétaro|Colón]] and [[Cadereyta de Montes|Cadereyta]].<ref name="de-paseo"/>
It is located in [[Ezequiel Montes]] [[municipalities of Mexico|municipality]], a few minutes from [[Colón, Querétaro|Colón]] and [[Cadereyta de Montes|Cadereyta]].<ref name="de-paseo"/>


It has a current population of 2909. 1377 are males and 1532 are females. 1014 persons are counted as Economic Active Population and there are only 630 inhabited homes in town.<ref>{{cite web|title=INEGI |url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/lib/buscador/busqueda.aspx |accessdate=2008-01-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824152945/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/lib/buscador/busqueda.aspx |archivedate=2007-08-24 |df= }}</ref>
It has a current population of 2909, of which 1377 are males and 1532 are females. A total of 1014 persons are counted as Economic Active Population and there are only 630 inhabited homes in town.<ref>{{cite web|title=INEGI|url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/lib/buscador/busqueda.aspx|accessdate=2008-01-28|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824152945/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/lib/buscador/busqueda.aspx|archivedate=2007-08-24}}</ref>


It is known for its enormous monolith of massive rock, the [[Peña de Bernal]], the third highest on the planet.<ref name="de-paseo"/>
It is known for its enormous monolith of massive rock, the [[Peña de Bernal]], the third highest on the planet.<ref name="de-paseo"/>


Likewise, in the [[Otomi language]]: Ma'hando, in [[Chichimeca]]: De'hendo, has the same meaning: “In the middle of two”.<ref name="querétaro-méxico"/>
According to chronicler Omar Ortega Paz, its names in the [[Otomi language]] (De'hendo) and in [[Chichimeca]] (Ma'hando) have the same meaning: “In the middle of two”.<ref>{{cite book|title=Serie de Cronistas del Renacimiento Mexicano: Bernal, Libro-Guia de Turismo|page=7}}</ref>


In 2005, Bernal was designated a ''[[Pueblos Mágicos (Mexico)|Pueblo Mágico]]'' ("Magical Town") by the [[Secretariat of Tourism (Mexico)|Mexican Secretariat of Tourism]] (SECTUR).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bernal, Querétaro {{!}} Secretaría de Turismo|url=http://www.sectur.gob.mx/gobmx/pueblos-magicos/bernal-queretaro/|access-date=2021-03-31|language=es-ES}}</ref> The Magical Towns are admitted for being localities that have magic symbolic attributes, legends, history, transcendental facts that associate in each of its cultural manifestations, and that today mean a great opportunity for tourism.<ref name="de-paseo"/>
Recently, the town of Bernal acquired the title of ''[[Pueblo Mágico]]'' ("Magical Town").
The Magical Towns are admitted for being localities that have magic symbolic attributes, legends, history, transcendental facts, that associate in each of his cultural manifestations, and that today mean a great opportunity for tourism.<ref name="de-paseo"/>


== References ==
==Climate==

{{Reflist}}
{{Weather box|location = Bernal, Querétaro (1981-2010), extremes (1973–present)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|temperature colour =
|Jan record high C = 30.0
|Feb record high C = 33.0
|Mar record high C = 40.0
|Apr record high C = 40.0
|May record high C = 38.0
|Jun record high C = 37.0
|Jul record high C = 35.0
|Aug record high C = 33.0
|Sep record high C = 33.0
|Oct record high C = 36.0
|Nov record high C = 32.0
|Dec record high C = 31.0
|year record high C = 40.0
|Jan high C = 22.7
|Feb high C = 24.5
|Mar high C = 27.4
|Apr high C = 29.7
|May high C = 29.3
|Jun high C = 27.3
|Jul high C = 25.2
|Aug high C = 25.7
|Sep high C = 24.7
|Oct high C = 24.3
|Nov high C = 24.5
|Dec high C = 23.0
|year high C = 25.7
|Jan mean C = 13.4
|Feb mean C = 15.0
|Mar mean C = 17.6
|Apr mean C = 19.9
|May mean C = 20.2
|Jun mean C = 19.6
|Jul mean C = 18.3
|Aug mean C = 18.6
|Sep mean C = 18.0
|Oct mean C = 16.9
|Nov mean C = 15.6
|Dec mean C = 14.0
|year mean C = 17.3
|Jan low C = 4.1
|Feb low C = 5.4
|Mar low C = 7.9
|Apr low C = 10.2
|May low C = 11.1
|Jun low C = 12.0
|Jul low C = 11.5
|Aug low C = 11.4
|Sep low C = 11.3
|Oct low C = 9.4
|Nov low C = 6.7
|Dec low C = 5.0
|year low C = 8.8
|Jan record low C = -9.0
|Feb record low C = -6.0
|Mar record low C = -2.0
|Apr record low C = 2.0
|May record low C = 4.0
|Jun record low C = 6.0
|Jul record low C = 1.0
|Aug record low C = 0.5
|Sep record low C = 4.0
|Oct record low C = -4.0
|Nov record low C = -5.0
|Dec record low C = -8.0
|year record low C = -9.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 10.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 6.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 11.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 25.1
|May precipitation mm = 39.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 70.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 94.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 80.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 72.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 41.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 11.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 2.1
|year precipitation mm = 465.5
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 1.6
|Feb precipitation days = 1.3
|Mar precipitation days = 1.6
|Apr precipitation days = 2.7
|May precipitation days = 5.1
|Jun precipitation days = 7.1
|Jul precipitation days = 7.9
|Aug precipitation days = 7.2
|Sep precipitation days = 8.1
|Oct precipitation days = 4.4
|Nov precipitation days = 1.5
|Dec precipitation days = 0.8
|year precipitation days = 49.3
|source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (temperature, 1981-2010) <ref name = SMN>{{cite web
| url = http://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales8110/NORMAL22034.TXT
| title = Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Bernal 1981-2010
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
| language = Spanish
| accessdate = 7 May 2017}}</ref>
|date=May 2017}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[http://www.pbase.com/larpman/bernal ''Bernal - Estado de Querétaro'' photo gallery.]
*[http://www.pbase.com/larpman/bernal ''Bernal - Estado de Querétaro'' photo gallery.]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
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Latest revision as of 08:23, 15 August 2024

Bernal
Ma'hando (Otomian languages)
Bernal and the Peña de Bernal
Bernal and the Peña de Bernal
Map
Country Mexico
StateQuerétaro
MunicipalityEzequiel Montes
Founded1647
Population
 • Total
3,965
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)

San Sebastián Bernal, better known as Bernal (Spanish: [beɾˈnal] ⓘ; from Basque Vernal, "place of stones or boulders"), is a colonial village in the Mexican state of Querétaro. It was founded in 1642 by Spanish soldier Alonso Cabrera.[1]

Peña de Bernal
Street in Bernal Town.

Bernal is located 40 minutes by road from state capital Santiago de Querétaro and two and a half hours from Mexico City.[2] It is located in Ezequiel Montes municipality, a few minutes from Colón and Cadereyta.[2]

It has a current population of 2909, of which 1377 are males and 1532 are females. A total of 1014 persons are counted as Economic Active Population and there are only 630 inhabited homes in town.[3]

It is known for its enormous monolith of massive rock, the Peña de Bernal, the third highest on the planet.[2]

According to chronicler Omar Ortega Paz, its names in the Otomi language (De'hendo) and in Chichimeca (Ma'hando) have the same meaning: “In the middle of two”.[4]

In 2005, Bernal was designated a Pueblo Mágico ("Magical Town") by the Mexican Secretariat of Tourism (SECTUR).[5] The Magical Towns are admitted for being localities that have magic symbolic attributes, legends, history, transcendental facts that associate in each of its cultural manifestations, and that today mean a great opportunity for tourism.[2]

Climate

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Climate data for Bernal, Querétaro (1981-2010), extremes (1973–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 30.0
(86.0) 		33.0
(91.4) 		40.0
(104.0) 		40.0
(104.0) 		38.0
(100.4) 		37.0
(98.6) 		35.0
(95.0) 		33.0
(91.4) 		33.0
(91.4) 		36.0
(96.8) 		32.0
(89.6) 		31.0
(87.8) 		40.0
(104.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 22.7
(72.9) 		24.5
(76.1) 		27.4
(81.3) 		29.7
(85.5) 		29.3
(84.7) 		27.3
(81.1) 		25.2
(77.4) 		25.7
(78.3) 		24.7
(76.5) 		24.3
(75.7) 		24.5
(76.1) 		23.0
(73.4) 		25.7
(78.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.4
(56.1) 		15.0
(59.0) 		17.6
(63.7) 		19.9
(67.8) 		20.2
(68.4) 		19.6
(67.3) 		18.3
(64.9) 		18.6
(65.5) 		18.0
(64.4) 		16.9
(62.4) 		15.6
(60.1) 		14.0
(57.2) 		17.3
(63.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.1
(39.4) 		5.4
(41.7) 		7.9
(46.2) 		10.2
(50.4) 		11.1
(52.0) 		12.0
(53.6) 		11.5
(52.7) 		11.4
(52.5) 		11.3
(52.3) 		9.4
(48.9) 		6.7
(44.1) 		5.0
(41.0) 		8.8
(47.8)
Record low °C (°F) −9.0
(15.8) 		−6.0
(21.2) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		2.0
(35.6) 		4.0
(39.2) 		6.0
(42.8) 		1.0
(33.8) 		0.5
(32.9) 		4.0
(39.2) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		−5.0
(23.0) 		−8.0
(17.6) 		−9.0
(15.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 10.0
(0.39) 		6.0
(0.24) 		11.8
(0.46) 		25.1
(0.99) 		39.4
(1.55) 		70.8
(2.79) 		94.2
(3.71) 		80.6
(3.17) 		72.1
(2.84) 		41.5
(1.63) 		11.9
(0.47) 		2.1
(0.08) 		465.5
(18.33)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.6 1.3 1.6 2.7 5.1 7.1 7.9 7.2 8.1 4.4 1.5 0.8 49.3
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (temperature, 1981-2010) [6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "querétaro-méxico". Ezequiel Montes Querétaro. Archived from the original on 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  2. ^ a b c d "de-paseo". Bernal Pueblo Mágico. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  3. ^ "INEGI". Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
  4. ^ Serie de Cronistas del Renacimiento Mexicano: Bernal, Libro-Guia de Turismo. p. 7.
  5. ^ "Bernal, Querétaro | Secretaría de Turismo" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  6. ^ "Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Bernal 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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