Villarrica, Tolima
Villarrica, Tolima | |
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Municipality and town | |
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UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Villarrica is a town and municipality in the
ranching
. The altitude is 863 meters above sea level.
The Villarrica region was inhabited in
pre-Columbian times by the Cuindes and Cundayes. Villarrica was hidden behind the Andes
mountain range and a thick forest, and the indigenous population was to a great extent undisturbed until 1920, when Don Francisco Pineda López founded an estate called Villarica. The municipality is named after this estate.
Climate
| Climate data for Villarrica (Luis Bustamante), elevation 1,610 m (5,280 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) | 22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.7 (60.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 128.9 (5.07) |
154.8 (6.09) |
228.8 (9.01) |
231.9 (9.13) |
197.5 (7.78) |
112.5 (4.43) |
91.9 (3.62) |
85.3 (3.36) |
121.0 (4.76) |
248.3 (9.78) |
234.9 (9.25) |
158.9 (6.26) |
1,994.7 (78.53) |
| Average precipitation days | 16 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 242 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
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81 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 82 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 86.8 | 73.5 | 71.3 | 72.0 | 83.7 | 93.0 | 102.3 | 96.1 | 84.0 | 68.2 | 69.0 | 77.5 | 977.4 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[1] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1971–2000" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Retrieved 25 June 2024.[dead link]
External links
- (in Spanish) Municipality of Villarrica official website
- (in Spanish) Government of Villarrica official website
- (in Spanish) Blog about Villarrica
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4°00′N 74°35′W / 4.000°N 74.583°W
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