Puerto Alegría
Puerto Alegría | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Alegría in the Amazonas Department of Colombia | |
  Puerto Alegría Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 1°02′S 74°02′W / 1.033°S 74.033°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Amazonas Department |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 1,277[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Af |
Puerto Alegría (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto aleˈɣɾi.a]) is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Amazonas. Puerto Alegria was founded by Orlando Benjumea and Reinaldo Martínez, and officially recognized by the Colombian government as a municipality on January 1, 1981. The area contributes to Colombia's agricultural industry with its cultivation of yucca, corn, plantains, fruits, and avocado farms; it also produces livestock such as laying hens, cows, and pigs.[2] The town of Puerto Alegria has a population of 1,531 people, and has a population density of just 0.2/ km2 . Overall, it has a land area of 8,774.00 square kilometres or 3,387.66 square miles and reaches an altitude of 156 metres or 512 feet above sea level. Ingrid Camacho Nini Stella is the town's mayor.[3]
Climate[]
Puerto Alegría has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Puerto Alegría | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.7 (89.1) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.9 (87.6) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.8 (87.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.1 (80.8) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 188.6 (7.43) |
256.1 (10.08) |
314.7 (12.39) |
376.3 (14.81) |
398.7 (15.70) |
362.5 (14.27) |
337.5 (13.29) |
276.2 (10.87) |
281.6 (11.09) |
262.6 (10.34) |
263.3 (10.37) |
273.0 (10.75) |
3,591.1 (141.39) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 185 |
| Source 1: IDEAM[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
Municipalities in the Amazonas Department | ||
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Coordinates: 1°02′S 74°02′W / 1.033°S 74.033°W
References[]
- ^ "Population of Puerto Alegría". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Nuestro Departamento". www.amazonas.gov.co. Retrieved 2015-11-29.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Puerto Alegría, Amazonas, Colombia - Ciudades y pueblos del mundo". es.db-city.com. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
- ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ "Climate: Puerto Alegría". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
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