Puerto Arica
Puerto Arica | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 2°8′53″S 71°45′12″W / 2.14806°S 71.75333°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Amazonas Department |
Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 1,350 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate | Af |
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[edit]
Originally founded by Peruvian refugees from the War of the Pacific, it was awarded to Colombia after the signing of the July 1922 Salomón-Lozano Treaty.[1][2] These refugees would later resettle in the settlement of the same name in northern Peru.
Climate[edit]
Puerto Arica has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Puerto Arica | |||||||||||||
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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[edit]
The municipality is served by Arica Airport.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Núñez Atencio, Lautaro y Maldonado Prieto, Carlos (2005). Reseña bibliográfica: El Dios Cautivo. Las Ligas Patrióticas en la chilenización compulsiva de Tarapacá (1910-1922), Sergio González Miranda, LOM Ediciones, Santiago, 2004. Vol. 37. Chungará (Arica), Universidad de Tarapacá. ISSN 0717-7356. [1].
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ "Climate: Puerto Arica". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 19, 2020.