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Santa Maria del Rio is one of the 58 municipalities that make up the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi. The municipality is located in the southern part of the state, approximately 48 kilometers east of the city of San Luis Potosi. Santa Maria del Rio has a land area of 1,655 square kilometers, with 37,290 inhabitants. , 12,000 were living in the town of Santa Maria del Rio. The area is famous for its ''rebozos'', being the cradle of the blue and white ''rebozo de bolita.''〔("Los rebozos de Santa María del Río (San Luis Potosí)" ), in Spanish, accessed 29 December 2008〕 The Rebozo Caramelo is woven there. == Geography == Santa Maria del Rio is located in the center of the southern part of the San Luis Potosi, at an average altitude of 1,710 meters above sea level. The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipalities of Zaragoza, San Nicolás Tolentino and Ciudad Fernández, to the east is San Luis Potosi, to the south is Tierra Nueva and to the west is Villa de Reyes. Santa Maria del Rio lies on the Mexican Mesa del Centro on the western edge of the Sierra Madre Oriental〔("San Luis Potosí: Territorio: Relieve" ("San Luis Potosí: Territory: Relief") )Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), in Spanish, accessed 29 December 2008〕 and consequently has a mountainous terrain, with various hills: the Membrillo, the Rincón Pilitas, the Duraznillo, San Pablo, the Platanito, San Antonio, the Banqueta, the Pachona, the Joya, the Mesa Prieta, the Barbechos, as well as the Sierra de Bagres. The area rests on Mesozoic rocks. The land is mainly used for livestock, forestry and agriculture, in that order. The rocks in Santa Maria del Rio are mineral rich, and several mines have operated there. The locale is noted for its cinnabar, an ore of mercury.〔Pan American Union (1911) ''Mexico: A General Sketch'' Pan American Union, Washington, DC, (p. 282 ), 〕 Santa Maria del Rio lies in the Tamuin River basin, a tributary of the Panuco River. 〔("San Luis Potosí: Información Geográfica: Mapa de Regiones Hidrológicas" ("San Luis Potosí: Geographical Information: Map of the Hydrological Regions") ) Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), in Spanish, accessed 29 December 2008〕 Its major drainage is the Santa Maria River. The thermal springs in the hills at Blameario de Lourdes provide the state with its sparkling mineral water, ''Agua de Lourdes''. Because of its elevation, Santa Maria del Rio has a dry, temperate climate, cooler in the highlands and warmer in the lowlands.〔( "San Luis Potosí: Información Geográfica: Mapa de climas" ("San Luis Potosí: Geographical Information: Climate Map") ) Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), in Spanish, accessed 29 December 2008〕 Almost all of the rain falls between May and September, the total annual average rainfall for those months is 362 mm (14¼ in.). It never freezes, the record low was 4.5 °C in January and the record high was 37 °C in May, with an average annual temperature of 18.5 °C. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santa María del Río, San Luis Potosí」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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