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Caicedonia (Spanish pronunciation: [kajseˈðonja]) is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, situated about 172 km from the capital Cali. Founded in 1910 by Daniel Gutierrez, Juan Bautista Angely and a group of settlers from Antioquia, Caldas, and Tolima, it was named after Lisandro Caicedo and became a municipality in 1923. Mostly mountainous, its economy is based on agriculture and commerce, its main exports are corn, coffee, sugarcane and bananas. Given its location on the border with the Quindío Department, only 35 km from that department's capital, Armenia, Caicedonia belongs ethnographically and culturally to the Paisa region.
Caicedonia | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Caicedonia in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia. | |
  Caicedonia Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°20′N 75°50′W / 4.333°N 75.833°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Valle del Cauca Department |
| Established | August 3, 1910 |
| Area | |
• Municipality and town | 167 km2 (64 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2.84 km2 (1.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2018 census)[1] | |
• Municipality and town | 28,825 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 23,840 |
| • Urban density | 8,400/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Af |
Climate
edit| Climate data for El Edén International Airport[a], elevation 1,229 m (4,032 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 136.1 (5.36) |
144.2 (5.68) |
194.1 (7.64) |
262.6 (10.34) |
219.6 (8.65) |
153.1 (6.03) |
105.2 (4.14) |
95.6 (3.76) |
182.9 (7.20) |
249.7 (9.83) |
264.1 (10.40) |
175.2 (6.90) |
2,164.7 (85.22) |
| Average precipitation days | 13 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 190 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 79 | 80 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 77 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 170.5 | 146.8 | 139.5 | 126.0 | 127.1 | 138.0 | 176.7 | 189.1 | 150.0 | 136.4 | 135.0 | 148.8 | 1,783.9 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2] | |||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ El Edén International Airport is located approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north-east of Caicedonia.
References
edit- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Caicedonia municipality with localities
- ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Government of Valle del Cauca: Caicedonia
- (in Spanish) Caicedonia official website
4°20′N 75°50′W / 4.333°N 75.833°W
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