Puerto Arica

Coordinates: 2°8′53″S 71°45′12″W / 2.14806°S 71.75333°W / -2.14806; -71.75333
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Puerto Arica
UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
ClimateAf

Puerto Arica is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Amazonas. As of 2015, the population of Puerto Arica was 1,350.

History

Originally founded by Peruvian refugees from the

Salomón-Lozano Treaty.[1][2] These refugees would later resettle in the settlement of the same name in northern Peru
.

Climate

Puerto Arica has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Puerto Arica
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.1
(88.0) 		31.4
(88.5) 		31.0
(87.8) 		31.4
(88.5) 		30.4
(86.7) 		29.6
(85.3) 		30.0
(86.0) 		30.6
(87.1) 		30.9
(87.6) 		30.8
(87.4) 		31.1
(88.0) 		31.6
(88.9) 		30.8
(87.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.5
(79.7) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.4
(79.5) 		26.6
(79.9) 		26.2
(79.2) 		25.5
(77.9) 		25.5
(77.9) 		25.7
(78.3) 		26.2
(79.2) 		26.5
(79.7) 		27.1
(80.8) 		26.8
(80.2) 		26.3
(79.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 21.9
(71.4) 		21.7
(71.1) 		21.9
(71.4) 		21.8
(71.2) 		22.1
(71.8) 		21.4
(70.5) 		21.0
(69.8) 		20.9
(69.6) 		21.5
(70.7) 		22.3
(72.1) 		23.1
(73.6) 		22.0
(71.6) 		21.8
(71.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 269.9
(10.63) 		276.3
(10.88) 		355.9
(14.01) 		430.7
(16.96) 		254.8
(10.03) 		205.5
(8.09) 		221.8
(8.73) 		144.6
(5.69) 		159.3
(6.27) 		204.2
(8.04) 		224.6
(8.84) 		248.7
(9.79) 		2,996.3
(117.96)
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) 13 12 16 16 16 16 14 12 10 13 13 15 166
Source 1: IDEAM[3]
Source 2: Climate-Data.org[4]

Transportation

The municipality is served by Arica Airport.

References

  1. ^ Porras Barrenechea, Raúl. Historia de los límites del Perú (PDF). Librería Francesa Científica y Casa Editorial E. Rosay. pp. 79–80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2014.
  2. ISSN 0717-7356. [1].{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  3. ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  4. ^ "Climate: Puerto Arica". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 19, 2020.


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