Dabajuro

Coordinates: 11°01′N 70°40′W / 11.017°N 70.667°W / 11.017; -70.667
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Dabajuro
Dabajuro is located in Venezuela
Dabajuro
Coordinates: 11°01′N 70°40′W / 11.017°N 70.667°W / 11.017; -70.667

Dabajuro is a city and municipality in southwestern

Falcón State, Venezuela
with a population of 25,469 (c. 2005).

History

While a small agricultural village existed on the site, it was really in 1914 with the arrival of the oil companies in the Buchivacoa District that Dabajuro became a town.

Coro
, that the city began to grow again on a more stable basis.

Geography

Fauna, flora and vegetation

The municipality of Dabajuro lies in the Catatumbo Moist Forests ecoregion, and the major natural habitat type is tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests.[1] The area of the municipality has seen a historical transformation from remote woodlands (predominant in 81.5% of the area) to populated rangelands (predominant in 63.0% of the area) between 1700 and 2000.[2]

Common birds include Black-crested Antshrike (

Hylophilus flavipes).[3]

Climate

Minimum monthly temperature in the Dabajuro municipality lies between 10.6 and 22.4 °C, while maximum temperature is between 21.7 and 31.1 °C. Total annual precipitation fluctuates between 802 and 1300 mm. Most rain falls between September and November, while the driest quarter comprises January to March.[4]

Climate data for Dabajuro Municipality (1960–1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 22.9
(73.2) 		23.7
(74.7) 		24.1
(75.4) 		24.6
(76.3) 		24.7
(76.5) 		24.8
(76.6) 		24.6
(76.3) 		24.9
(76.8) 		24.9
(76.8) 		24.4
(75.9) 		23.9
(75.0) 		23.5
(74.3) 		24.3
(75.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 14.8
(0.58) 		8.8
(0.35) 		21.5
(0.85) 		70.3
(2.77) 		119.1
(4.69) 		76.3
(3.00) 		67.4
(2.65) 		119.2
(4.69) 		155.0
(6.10) 		181.3
(7.14) 		121.5
(4.78) 		38.1
(1.50) 		993.4
(39.11)
Source: WorldClim ver 1.4[5]

References

  1. ^ The Nature Conservancy (2009) TNC terrestrial ecoregions, [1]. Based on: Olson, D. M. and E. Dinerstein. 2002. The Global 200: Priority ecoregions for global conservation. (PDF file) Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89:125-126.
  2. ^ Ellis, E. C., Klein Goldewijk, K., Siebert, S., Lightman, D., & Ramankutty, N. (2010). Anthropogenic transformation of the biomes, 1700 to 2000. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 19(5), 589-606.
  3. doi:10.1111/ddi.12012
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  4. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.4729876
    .
  5. ^ Hijmans, R.J., S.E. Cameron, J.L. Parra, P.G. Jones and A. Jarvis, 2005. Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas. International Journal of Climatology 25: 1965-1978.

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