Sibaté
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Sibaté (Spanish pronunciation: [siβaˈte]) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Soacha Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Sibaté is located on the Bogotá savanna with the urban centre at an altitude of 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) and a distance of 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the capital Bogotá. It forms part of the metropolitan area of the capital. Sibaté borders Soacha in the north, Pasca and Fusagasugá in the south, Soacha in the east and Silvania and Granada in the west.[2]
Etymology
Sibaté means in
scholar Miguel Triana.[2]
History
In the times before the
zipa based in Bacatá
.
Modern Sibaté was founded on November 24, 1967.[2]
Economy
Main economical activities of Sibaté are agriculture (potatoes, peas and strawberries) and livestock farming.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Sibaté (Muna), elevation 2,565 m (8,415 ft), (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.4 (65.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
13.0 (55.4) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
8.7 (47.7) |
8.4 (47.1) |
8.1 (46.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
7.2 (45.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.7 (0.74) |
26.1 (1.03) |
49.5 (1.95) |
74.9 (2.95) |
70.3 (2.77) |
45.2 (1.78) |
23.5 (0.93) |
36.7 (1.44) |
47.7 (1.88) |
73.5 (2.89) |
63.9 (2.52) |
34.8 (1.37) |
564.8 (22.24) |
| Average precipitation days | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 153 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
81 | 82 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 78 | 75 | 79 | 80 | 84 | 85 | 83 | 81 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 164.3 | 135.7 | 130.2 | 111.0 | 120.9 | 138.0 | 164.3 | 148.8 | 123.0 | 111.6 | 126.0 | 148.8 | 1,622.6 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de
- ^ a b c d (in Spanish) Official website Sibaté Archived 2015-05-20 at archive.today
- ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1971–2000" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Retrieved 25 June 2024.[dead link]
