Quípama | |
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Municipality and town | |
 View of Quípama | |
 Flag | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Quipama in the Boyacá Department of Colombia. | |
| Country | 
Colombia |
| Department | Boyacá |
| Province | Western Boyacá Province |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Carlos Alberto Ávila Cepeda (2020-2023) |
| Elevation | 1,200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Quípama is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province.
Climate
Quípama has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Quípama | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.8 (71.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.3 (63.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 129.0 (5.08) |
208.4 (8.20) |
314.8 (12.39) |
365.8 (14.40) |
338.3 (13.32) |
239.6 (9.43) |
198.2 (7.80) |
191.8 (7.55) |
274.9 (10.82) |
391.2 (15.40) |
283.1 (11.15) |
179.1 (7.05) |
3,114.2 (122.59) |
| Average rainy days | 17 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 249 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 83 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 86 | 85 |
| Source 1: IDEAM [1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-Data.org [2] | |||||||||||||
It is home of one of the largest emerald mines in the world.
See also
References
- ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Climate: Quípama". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Quípama.
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