Cravo Norte | |
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Municipality and town | |
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) Location of the municipality and town of Cravo Norte in the Arauca Department of Colombia | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Arauca Department |
| Founded | 1538 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Javier Esneider Triana Mujica |
| Area | |
| • Municipality and town | 5,301 km2 (2,046.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 124 m (406.82 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Municipality and town | 3,331 |
| • Density | 0.63/km2 (1.63/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,319 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Aw |
| Website | www |
Cravo Norte is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia. It is thought to have been founded in 1538 by the Jesuit missionary Joseph Gumilla. The first census was conducted in May 1797 and counted a population of 205. [1]
Climate
Cravo Norte a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with
| Climate data for Cravo Norte | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 33.2 (91.8) | 34.4 (93.9) | 34.4 (93.9) | 32.5 (90.5) | 30.6 (87.1) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.5 (88.7) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.7 (89.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) | 28.2 (82.8) | 28.7 (83.7) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.1 (80.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.3 (72.1) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.5 (72.5) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 17.9 (0.70) | 20.8 (0.82) | 61.0 (2.40) | 188.9 (7.44) | 318.4 (12.54) | 403.9 (15.90) | 410.0 (16.14) | 279.4 (11.00) | 266.5 (10.49) | 256.9 (10.11) | 146.0 (5.75) | 41.6 (1.64) | 2,411.3 (94.93) |
| Average rainy days | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 126 |
| Source 1: IDEAM[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
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