Chiriguaná (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃiɾiɣwaˈna]) is a city and municipality in the Department of Cesar, Colombia.
Chiriguaná | |
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 Chiriguana church | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Chiriguaná in the Department of Cesar. | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Department | Cesar |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ramon Diaz (Alas Equipo Colombia)[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,103 km2 (426 sq mi) |
| Population (Census 2018[2]) | |
• Total | 27,006 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 |
| Website | www.chiriguana-cesar.gov.co/ |
History
editDuring the wars independence from Spain Chiriguana was part of the Province of Santa Marta. The people of the village of Chiriguana revolted against the local Spanish monarchical authorities. The Cabildo of Justice and Regiment of the Village of Chiriguana expressed to the Cabildo of Justice of Valledupar and to Maria Concepcion Lopera their efforts to support the independence cause that had begun in 1810 with the first revolt against the Spanish. Members of the Cabildo of Barrancas were Jose Pio del Rio, Braulio de Leiva, Gonzalo de Linares, Pedro Royero and Manuel J. Quintana.[3]
Climate
editChiriguaná has a tropical savanna climate[4] with consistently warm temperatures. Chiriguaná has a wet season from April to November and a drier period from December to March.
| Climate data for Chiriguaná, elevation 40 m (130 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 35.0 (95.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.5 (95.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.8 (91.0) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.8 (92.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.6 (83.5) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.3 (0.64) |
31.4 (1.24) |
73.0 (2.87) |
191.8 (7.55) |
263.6 (10.38) |
178.0 (7.01) |
167.5 (6.59) |
201.2 (7.92) |
309.4 (12.18) |
342.5 (13.48) |
221.6 (8.72) |
57.6 (2.27) |
2,053.8 (80.86) |
| Average precipitation days | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 81 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 71 | 73 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 79 | 79 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 79 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 272.8 | 234.3 | 213.9 | 192.0 | 182.9 | 201.0 | 226.3 | 223.2 | 186.0 | 189.1 | 201.0 | 244.9 | 2,567.4 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 8.8 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 7.0 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[5] | |||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Interpolitico.com: Mayors of Cesar - 2008-2011 Archived November 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Castro Trespalacios 1979, p. 87
- ^ "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data. 23 October 2023.
- ^ "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.
References
edit- Castro Trespalacios, Pedro (1979), Culturas Aborigenes Cesarences e Independencia de Valle de Upar (in Spanish), Bogota: Casa de la Cultura de Valledupar
External links
edit- (in Spanish) (in Spanish) Chiriguana official website
9°22′N 73°36′W / 9.367°N 73.600°W
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