Arboletes
Arboletes | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
 | |
.svg.png) Flag | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Arboletes in the Antioquia Department of Colombia | |
  Arboletes Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 8°52′N 76°26′W / 8.867°N 76.433°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Antioquia |
| Subregion | Urabá |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Gustavo German Guerra Guerra |
| Area | |
• Total | 718 km2 (277 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2020 estimate[1]) | |
• Total | 45,710 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | arboletes-antioquia |
Arboletes is a town and municipality in the subregion of Urabá in Antioquia Department, Colombia.
The municipality is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north, the department of Córdoba to the north and east, the municipality of San Pedro de Urabá to the south and west, and the municipalities of Turbo and Necoclí. The town is 502 km from the city of Medellín, capital of the department of Antioquia. The municipality covers an area of 710 km².
Arboletes has 8 rural townships (corregimientos): El Carmelo, La Trinidad, Naranjitas, El Guadual, La Candelaria, Buenos Aires, Las Platas and Pajillal.
l
History
Arboletes is a municipality of the department of Antioquia.
The town of Arboletes was founded in 1920 and the municipality of Arboletes was established in August 1958.
Mud volcano
Arboletes has a mud volcano in the Santa Fe de la Plata corregimiento, which erupted in 2006 and 2010.[2]
Climate
Arboletes has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from December to March and heavy rainfall from April to November.
| Climate data for Arboletes, elevation 4 m (13 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.5 (86.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.7 (87.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.6 (81.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15.4 (0.61) |
16.8 (0.66) |
41.6 (1.64) |
127.4 (5.02) |
251.1 (9.89) |
191.7 (7.55) |
202.1 (7.96) |
226.1 (8.90) |
187.8 (7.39) |
206.9 (8.15) |
183.8 (7.24) |
80.0 (3.15) |
1,711 (67.4) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 106 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 80 | 79 | 82 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 83 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 220.1 | 194.8 | 189.1 | 150.0 | 145.7 | 153.0 | 161.2 | 161.2 | 144.0 | 148.8 | 177.0 | 195.3 | 2,040.2 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005". Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "25 lesionados en erupción de volcán en Santa Fe de la Plata, Arboletes". El Heraldo. 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
Capital: Medellín | |||||||||||||||||||
| Regions and municipalities |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Related topics |
| ||||||||||||||||||
