Zapatoca | |
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Municipality and town | |
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| Nickname: Ciudad Levitica (Levitical City | |
| Motto(s): Libertad y Orden (Liberty and Order) | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Zapatoca in the Santander Department of Colombia | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Santander Department |
| Area | |
• Total | 360 km2 (139 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,720 m (5,500 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,929 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | www.zapatoca-santander.gov.co |
Zapatoca (Spanish pronunciation:[sapaˈtoka]) is a town andmunicipality in theSantander Department in northeasternColombia. It is at a highaltitude and is a common stop betweenBucaramanga andSan Gil. It was built in the early 17th century by theSpanishconquistadores.
| Climate data for Zapatoca, elevation 1,810 m (5,940 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) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.4 (74.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.9 (66.0) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.7 (65.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.4 (57.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 14.8 (58.6) | 14.5 (58.1) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.2 (57.6) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.0 (57.2) | 14.3 (57.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 30.9 (1.22) | 38.6 (1.52) | 74.5 (2.93) | 129.0 (5.08) | 162.0 (6.38) | 109.0 (4.29) | 100.0 (3.94) | 119.4 (4.70) | 157.1 (6.19) | 175.3 (6.90) | 111.4 (4.39) | 48.9 (1.93) | 1,256.1 (49.45) |
| Average precipitation days | 7 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 169 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 86 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 88 | 87 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 201.5 | 169.4 | 167.4 | 135.0 | 142.6 | 117.0 | 173.6 | 182.9 | 162.0 | 145.7 | 144.0 | 176.7 | 1,917.8 |
| Mean dailysunshine hours | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| Source:Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[1] | |||||||||||||
Fossils of EarlyCretaceous animals from theValanginian-HauterivianRosablanca Formation were collected near Zapatoca.[2] Fossil material include fishes, particularlypycnodonts andhybodontiformStrophodus,ichthyosaurs,elasmosaurids.[2] Remains of turtles,[2] includingNotoemys zapatocaensis,[3] possibleornithocheiridpterosaurs[4] andammoniteSaynoceras verrucosum[3][4] also known from this location. There is also a report aboutmetriorhynchoidcrocodylomorph from these deposits.[2] During the Valanginian and Hauterivian ages, here was a shallow sea where hybodontiforms and pycnodontiforms played an important trophic role as shell-crushing predators.[2]
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