Pajarito, Boyacá
Pajarito | |
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Municipality and town | |
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| Website | Official website |
Pajarito is a town and municipality in the La Libertad Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The municipality, situated in the southeast of the department borders Labranzagrande and Aquitania of the department of Boyacá and Yopal, Recetor and Aguazul of the department of Casanare. The urban centre is located at a distance of 147 kilometres (91 mi) from the department capital Tunja at an altitude of 800 metres (2,600 ft) in a tight valley, not allowing much expansion of the urban area. The centre is experiencing periodic landslides.[1]
Etymology
The name Pajarito in Spanish means "little bird", yet the origin of the name is thought to be from Chibcha: Pa is "father", ja; "load, role", rito; "dog".[2]
Geology
The area of Pajarito is characterized by an
History
The first inhabitants of the village may have been
Modern Pajarito was founded on January 1, 1853 by soldiers of Gran Colombia. The first mayors were military men.[1]
Economy
Pajarito is a rural community centered around
Climate
Pajarito has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from December to March and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the remaining months.
| Climate data for Pajarito | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.2 (86.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.9 (83.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 24.2 (75.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.6 (74.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.2 (64.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 29.4 (1.16) |
59.7 (2.35) |
146.3 (5.76) |
316.0 (12.44) |
447.7 (17.63) |
500.7 (19.71) |
546.6 (21.52) |
499.2 (19.65) |
417.8 (16.45) |
352.5 (13.88) |
198.7 (7.82) |
76.6 (3.02) |
3,591.2 (141.39) |
| Average rainy days | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 218 |
| Source 1: IDEAM[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b c (in Spanish) Official website Pajarito
- ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Pajarito - Excelsio.net
- ^ Moreno Murillo et al., 2007
- ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Climate: Pajarito". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
Bibliography
- Moreno Murillo, Juan Manuel; Concha Perdomo, Ana Elena; Lozano, Elsy Liliana (2007). "Petrogenesis y Geoquímica del cuerpo ígneo de Pajarito, Boyacá - Colombia" [Petrogenesis and Geochemestry [sic] of the Pajarito igneous body, Boyacá - Colombia] (PDF). Geología Colombiana (in Spanish). 32. ISSN 0072-0992.