Alcalá is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Alcalá | |
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Municipality and town | |
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| Nickname: El Saman | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Alcalá, Valle del Cauca in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia. | |
  Alcalá Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°40′N 75°45′W / 4.667°N 75.750°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Valle del Cauca Department |
| Region | Andean |
| Demonym | Alcalaino(a) |
| Founded | 1791 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | William Velazquez Villa |
| Area | |
• Total | 61 km2 (24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,290 m (4,232 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 21,352 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Cfb |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Alcalá (Arturo Gomez), elevation 1,320 m (4,330 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) | 27.7 (81.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 109.1 (4.30) |
103.1 (4.06) |
163.7 (6.44) |
220.9 (8.70) |
224.3 (8.83) |
149.5 (5.89) |
87.8 (3.46) |
115.3 (4.54) |
150.7 (5.93) |
232.4 (9.15) |
213.5 (8.41) |
141.8 (5.58) |
1,912.1 (75.28) |
| Average precipitation days | 14 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 215 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 76 | 76 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 75 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 164.3 | 138.5 | 148.8 | 129.0 | 124.0 | 141.0 | 179.8 | 164.3 | 141.0 | 127.1 | 132.0 | 139.5 | 1,729.3 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[1] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1971–2000" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Retrieved 25 June 2024.[dead link]
External links
edit- (in Spanish) Government of Valle del Cauca: Alcala Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
4°40′N 75°45′W / 4.667°N 75.750°W
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