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Yopal

Yopal
Municipality and town
Top: Yopal from the Chamber of Commerce, Second: Cultural center, Third: El Alcaraván Airport, Four: Nunchía Avenue
Flag of Yopal
Flag
Official seal of Yopal
Seal
Location of the municipality and town of Yopal in the Casanare Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Yopal in the Casanare Department of Colombia.
Yopal is located in Colombia
Yopal
Yopal
Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 5°21′0″N 72°24′36″W / 5.35000°N 72.41000°W / 5.35000; -72.41000
Country Colombia
RegionOrinoquía Region
DepartmentCasanare Department
Founded1915
Area
 • Municipality and town
2,483 km2 (959 sq mi)
 • Urban
25.09 km2 (9.69 sq mi)
Elevation
350 m (1,150 ft)
Population
 (2024[1][2])
 • Municipality and town
194,079
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)
DemonymYopaleño
Time zoneUTC-05 (Colombia Standard Time)
Postal code
850001-9
Area code57 + 8
WebsiteOfficial website (in Spanish)

Yopal (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝoˈpal]) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia and the second most populated and important city in the Orinoquía region after Villavicencio.[3]

History

Before the period of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the land on which Yopal stands was occupied by the indigenous Achagua people. The name Yopal descends from the region's abundance of Anadenanthera peregrina, often otherwise called yopo.

Geographic information

Skyline of Yopal from the Cerro Buena vista (Buena Vista Hill)
  • Population: 191.133 inhabitants
  • Elevation: 350 metres or 1,150 feet
  • Area: 2,771 square kilometres or 1,070 square miles
  • Distance from Bogotá: 387 kilometres or 240 miles
  • Median temperature: 26 °C or 78.8 °F

Born in Yopal

Climate

Yopal has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Although it borders closely on a tropical savanna climate (Aw), Yopal’s climate is much more typical of a tropical monsoon climate in having a short but distinct dry season that covers the months of December to March, and a very long wet season covering the remaining eight months.

Climate data for Yopal (El Alcaraván Airport), elevation 325 m (1,066 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 32.8
(91.0) 		33.7
(92.7) 		33.4
(92.1) 		31.5
(88.7) 		30.5
(86.9) 		29.5
(85.1) 		29.4
(84.9) 		30.1
(86.2) 		30.8
(87.4) 		31.0
(87.8) 		31.3
(88.3) 		31.9
(89.4) 		31.2
(88.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 28.2
(82.8) 		28.7
(83.7) 		28.5
(83.3) 		26.6
(79.9) 		25.7
(78.3) 		25.1
(77.2) 		24.9
(76.8) 		25.4
(77.7) 		26.0
(78.8) 		26.2
(79.2) 		26.7
(80.1) 		27.2
(81.0) 		26.4
(79.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23.3
(73.9) 		23.8
(74.8) 		24.0
(75.2) 		23.0
(73.4) 		22.6
(72.7) 		21.9
(71.4) 		21.6
(70.9) 		21.7
(71.1) 		22.1
(71.8) 		22.2
(72.0) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.6
(72.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 9.6
(0.38) 		53.7
(2.11) 		101.3
(3.99) 		262.6
(10.34) 		360.1
(14.18) 		324.5
(12.78) 		330.4
(13.01) 		276.5
(10.89) 		270.3
(10.64) 		238.7
(9.40) 		134.3
(5.29) 		28.2
(1.11) 		2,390.1
(94.10)
Average precipitation days 2 4 8 16 19 20 20 20 15 16 11 4 147
Average relative humidity (%) 60 61 64 78 82 84 83 81 80 78 76 69 75
Mean monthly sunshine hours 251.1 194.8 155.0 126.0 139.5 123.0 136.4 145.7 165.0 176.7 189.0 238.7 2,040.9
Mean daily sunshine hours 8.1 6.9 5.0 4.2 4.5 4.1 4.4 4.7 5.5 5.7 6.3 7.7 5.6
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[4]

References

  1. ^ "INFORMACIÓN CAPITAL" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  2. ^ Telefónicas, Telencuestas-Encuestas. "Cuántos habitantes tiene Yopal, Casanare en 2023". Telencuestas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. ^ Espectador, El (2023-07-23). "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  4. ^ "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.


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yopal