Puerto Leguízamo[2] (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto leɣiˈsamo]) is a town and municipality located in the Putumayo Department, a southern border region of the Republic of Colombia. It is on the north bank of the Putumayo River.
Puerto Leguizamo | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Aerial view of the town | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Leguízamo in the Putumayo Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Putumayo Department |
| Area | |
• Municipality and town | 10,907 km2 (4,211 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 177 m (581 ft) |
| Population (2018 census)[1] | |
• Municipality and town | 28,468 |
| • Density | 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 12,755 |
| • Urban density | 6,000/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Its Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, is the cathedral episcopal see of the Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano.
Puerto Leguízamo is served by Caucayá Airport.
Climate
editLocated just a few kilometres south of the equator, Puerto Leguízamo has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Puerto Leguízamo (Pto Leguizamo), elevation 147 m (482 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.9 (89.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.8 (87.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.7 (72.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 115.0 (4.53) |
197.6 (7.78) |
237.5 (9.35) |
306.3 (12.06) |
330.0 (12.99) |
385.9 (15.19) |
297.6 (11.72) |
234.7 (9.24) |
249.5 (9.82) |
235.2 (9.26) |
222.5 (8.76) |
134.4 (5.29) |
2,923.4 (115.09) |
| Average precipitation days | 11 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 222 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 83 | 86 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 85 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 164.3 | 121.4 | 105.4 | 96.0 | 102.3 | 96.0 | 108.5 | 133.3 | 141.0 | 148.8 | 147.0 | 155.0 | 1,519 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.3 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Citypopulation.de
- ^ (in Spanish) Puerto Leguízamo official website Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Informacion Ambiental de la Amazonia colombiana
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