Anolaima | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia | |
  Anolaima Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates:4°45′42.26″N74°27′50.46″W / 4.7617389°N 74.4640167°W /4.7617389; -74.4640167 | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Cundinamarca |
| Elevation | 1,657 m (5,436 ft) |
| Population (Census 2018[1]) | |
• Total | 12,204 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Anolaima (Spanish pronunciation:[anoˈlajma]) is a municipality and township ofColombia in thedepartment ofCundinamarca. It is located in the providence of Tequendama at 71 km (44 mi) West from Bogotá in between the cities of Facatativá and La Mesa.
Anolaima is known as the Fruit Capital of Colombia, its temperate climate allows an ongoing growth of all kind of fruits that are harvested from the coldest to the warmest temperatures in Colombia.
Anolaima was first discovered by aEuropean in 1538 -Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. The "Anolaymas" were the Indian native of the Panche Tribe. They were one of the first tribes found by the Spaniards that descended from the region ofZipacón and Bogotá savanna. Conqueror Gonzalo Jiménez de Quezada, who led the expedition, was defeated in 1538 at the Battle of Tocarema.
The celebration ofCorpus Christi (Latin for "Body of Christ") and the Peasant's Day is conducted every year around the first holiday weekend of June. Normally, it is held the first Thursday after Trinity Sunday. Its celebration on a Thursday is meant to associate it with institution by Jesus of theEucharist during the Last Supper. In Anolaima this celebration commences usually on Friday ending it the following Monday honoring the peasants and/or farmers of the region with food, prices and trophies.All the farmers collect the best fruits and vegetables from their farms to build huge designs or sculptures shape like animals or people-like figures made of fruits, seeds, vegetables and even life animals. The best sculpture or arch wins the best trophy that is given to the farmers the last day during "El Dia del campesino" (Peasant's day).
Every day and all day during the Corpus there are many music bands, dance groups and the best orchestra bands of salsa, merengue and vallenato of Colombia. On Sunday morning, there is a huge "procession" where all schools with their marching bands, military bands and the celebration of the Eucharist is held at the main square.
TheCorpus in Anolaima was held on June 12, 13, 14 of 2010.
| Climate data for Anolaima, elevation 1,726 m (5,663 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) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.0 (73.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.6 (60.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 83.0 (3.27) | 83.0 (3.27) | 82.0 (3.23) | 167.0 (6.57) | 151.0 (5.94) | 88.0 (3.46) | 51.0 (2.01) | 48.0 (1.89) | 100.0 (3.94) | 198.0 (7.80) | 144.0 (5.67) | 114.0 (4.49) | 1,309 (51.54) |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 81 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 81 | 78 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 80 | 85 | 85 | 79 |
| Source:FAO[2] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Anolaima (Florida La), elevation 1,915 m (6,283 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) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.8 (69.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) | 17.0 (62.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.9 (62.4) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.8 (62.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.7 (62.1) | 16.9 (62.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.1 (55.6) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.6 (56.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 13.8 (56.8) | 13.6 (56.5) | 13.3 (55.9) | 13.3 (55.9) | 13.6 (56.5) | 13.6 (56.5) | 13.4 (56.1) | 13.1 (55.6) | 13.5 (56.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 75.0 (2.95) | 89.7 (3.53) | 113.9 (4.48) | 152.0 (5.98) | 123.8 (4.87) | 54.9 (2.16) | 44.2 (1.74) | 61.5 (2.42) | 103.9 (4.09) | 172.6 (6.80) | 149.3 (5.88) | 90.0 (3.54) | 1,230.7 (48.45) |
| Average precipitation days | 10 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 162 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 88 | 89 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 86 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 88 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 114.7 | 90.3 | 80.6 | 66.0 | 71.3 | 81.0 | 96.1 | 108.5 | 105.0 | 80.6 | 69.0 | 102.3 | 1,065.4 |
| Mean dailysunshine hours | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| Source:Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Anolaima (Primavera D Matima), elevation 1,850 m (6,070 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) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.6 (70.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.0 (69.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.7 (63.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.5 (63.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) | 14.0 (57.2) | 14.2 (57.6) | 14.5 (58.1) | 14.5 (58.1) | 14.2 (57.6) | 13.8 (56.8) | 13.8 (56.8) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.1 (57.4) | 13.8 (56.8) | 14.1 (57.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 56.0 (2.20) | 70.8 (2.79) | 107.9 (4.25) | 113.0 (4.45) | 92.2 (3.63) | 47.1 (1.85) | 34.7 (1.37) | 41.5 (1.63) | 77.1 (3.04) | 120.1 (4.73) | 118.6 (4.67) | 71.9 (2.83) | 913.6 (35.97) |
| Average precipitation days | 8 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 140 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 82 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 83 |
| Source:Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3] | |||||||||||||
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