Puerto Alegría | |
|---|---|
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 kilometers (3,387.66 sq mi) and reaches an altitude of 156 meters above sea level. Ingrid Camacho Nini Stella is the town's mayor.[3]
Climate
Puerto Alegría has a tropical rainforest climate (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 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 185 |
| Source 1: IDEAM[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Population of Puerto Alegría". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "Nuestro Departamento". www.amazonas.gov.co. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
- ^ "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.