Puerto Leguízamo

Puerto Leguizamo
Municipality and town
Aerial view of the town
Aerial view of the town
Flag of Puerto Leguizamo
Flag
Official seal of Puerto Leguizamo
Seal
Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Leguízamo in the Putumayo Department of Colombia.
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
 • Density2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi)
 • Urban
12,755
 • Urban density6,000/km2 (16,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

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.

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

Located 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)
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

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Puerto Leguízamo official website Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "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.

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