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meters above the modern chapel of Guadalupe in Ojo 

 de Agua. This site is now called Querenda. 



(4) Santa Ana. The first chapel in all Michoacan 

 was built in this barrio. The remains, still marked 

 by a wooden cross, are located 1 km. south of the 

 convent on the slopes of Tariaqueri. 



(5) San Pedro. The existence of this barrio a 

 couple of hundred meters west of El Rincon, the 

 westernmost section of the modern town, is attested 

 to by a slight mound containing a number of large 

 stones. A milpa now covers the actual site of the 

 chapel. 



(6) La Magdalena. This barrio was a short dis- 

 tance to the west of San Pedro. 



(7) La Trinidad and (8) San Miguel. These ba- 

 rrios are said to have been located above El Rincon, 

 but no trace of them was found. 



(9) San Juan. This barrio, reputedly the largest 

 of all, occujiied the plain between Cerrito Colorado 

 and Tariaqueri 5 or 6 km. to the south of tlie modern 

 village. 



(10) San Lorenzo. This barrio is said to have 

 been on the south side of Cerrito Colorado. It was 

 not located. 



(11) San Mateo and (12) La Cruz. No one could 

 be found who knew the location of these barrios. 



All streets have modern names, apparently 

 assigned when the last census was taken in 1939- 

 40. In addition, the more important streets 

 have older names which are somewhat more 

 meaningful to inhahitants. On the map, modern 

 names have been given, followed in parentheses 

 by older names when known. More than the 

 names of the streets it is important to know 

 that labels are of little functional significance. 

 Many people can give no name for the street 

 on which they live, and no one would think oi 

 giving directions to a stranger in terms of names. 

 In town records a person's address is conocido, 

 known, and in a town of 1,200 souls, indeed 

 it is. 



CLIMATE 



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imatological data 



for the Lake Patzcuaro 

 region are available from the studies of the 

 Estacion Limnologica of Patzcuaro. Though 

 there are doubtless slight variations within the 

 area of the lake, these are not of a magnitude 

 to affect in diverse manners the culture of the 

 people in the region. Tzintzuntzan, about 12 

 km. northeast in a direct line from the sta- 

 tion, owing to its northern exposure probably 

 is a little colder than the official records in Patz- 



cuaro. The entire region is classified climato- 

 logically as Cwbg according to Koppen's system, 

 with summer rains, the wannest month before 

 the solstice, and average monthly temperatures 

 going neither below 12° C. nor above 22° C. 

 From 1924 through 1940 the maximum, mini- 

 mum, and average temperatures recorded by the 

 Estacion Limnologica were as follows: 



Year Max. (°C.) Min. (°C.) Aver. (°C.) 



The average temperature for all years was 

 16.3° C. December and January are the coldest 

 months of the year. Following February there 

 is a sharp rise in temperature, which culminates 

 in the hottest month of the year. May. The rains 

 of June break the temperature slightly; this is 

 followed by a greater drop in July and August. 

 Gradual decreases are noted throughout the re- 

 mainder of the year. 



Monthly values of an "average" year, date 

 not given, show the following annual variations: 



Month Average (°C.) temperature 



January 12.0 



February 13.8 



March '. 16.3 



April 17.9 



May 20.1 



June 19.9 



July 17.8 



August 17.2 



September 16.8 



October 16.5 



November 14.4 



December 12.7 



Annual rainfall during the years 1924-40 is 

 as follows: 



