El Encanto

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This article is about the town in Colombia. For the similarly-named locality in Venezuela, see El Encanto (Venezuela). For the hotel in Santa Barbara, California, see Belmond El Encanto.
El Encanto
Municipality and town
Location of the municipality and town of El Encanto in the Amazonas Department of Colombia
Location of the municipality and town of El Encanto in the Amazonas Department of Colombia
El Encanto is located in Colombia
El Encanto
El Encanto
Location in Ecuador
Coordinates: 1°46′44″S 73°12′38″W / 1.77889°S 73.21056°W / -1.77889; -73.21056Coordinates: 1°46′44″S 73°12′38″W / 1.77889°S 73.21056°W / -1.77889; -73.21056
Country Colombia
DepartmentFlag of Amazonas (Colombia).svg Amazonas Department
Area
 • Total10,724 km2 (4,141 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total4,376
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
ClimateAf

El Encanto is a town and municipality in the Amazonas Department, Colombia. It is located in the mouth of the , tributary of the Putumayo River (Içá). El Encanto can be reached by air or river. The local navy base has a runway available only to military and official planes, these were established during the Colombia-Peru War. By river the closest towns with airport access are Puerto Arturo, Peru from downstream, and Puerto Leguízamo (Putumayo Department, Colombia) upstream.

The majority of inhabitants in the area are Huitotos indigenous tribes. The municipality has an area of 10,724 square kilometres or 4,141 square miles.

Climate[]

El Encanto has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for El Encanto
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 31.3
(88.3) 		31.6
(88.9) 		31.2
(88.2) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.0
(87.8) 		29.7
(85.5) 		29.8
(85.6) 		30.8
(87.4) 		31.1
(88.0) 		31.2
(88.2) 		31.5
(88.7) 		31.0
(87.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.6
(79.9) 		26.7
(80.1) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.7
(80.1) 		25.6
(78.1) 		25.4
(77.7) 		25.8
(78.4) 		26.2
(79.2) 		26.4
(79.5) 		27.1
(80.8) 		26.6
(79.9) 		26.3
(79.4)
Average low °C (°F) 22.0
(71.6) 		21.8
(71.2) 		21.8
(71.2) 		21.7
(71.1) 		22.4
(72.3) 		21.5
(70.7) 		21.0
(69.8) 		20.9
(69.6) 		21.3
(70.3) 		22.2
(72.0) 		23.1
(73.6) 		21.8
(71.2) 		21.8
(71.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 210.7
(8.30) 		230.2
(9.06) 		303.3
(11.94) 		341.6
(13.45) 		333.1
(13.11) 		293.7
(11.56) 		250.4
(9.86) 		229.1
(9.02) 		183.3
(7.22) 		197.4
(7.77) 		256.3
(10.09) 		236.2
(9.30) 		3,065.3
(120.68)
Average rainy days 14 14 17 16 19 19 17 14 14 14 15 15 188
Source 1: IDEAM[1]
Source 2: Climate-Data.org[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  2. ^ "Climate: El Encanto". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
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External links[]

(in Spanish) El Encanto official website

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