Puerto Boyacá, Boyacá, Colombia | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Boyacá in the Boyacá Department of Colombia | |
  Puerto Boyacá, Boyacá, Colombia Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates:5°58′41″N74°35′23″W / 5.97806°N 74.58972°W /5.97806; -74.58972 | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Boyacá Department |
| Province | Boyacá Special Handling Zone |
| Founded | December 14, 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jicly Esgardo Mutis Isaza (2020-2023) |
| Area | |
• Municipality and town | 1,514 km2 (585 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 4.08 km2 (1.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 145 m (476 ft) |
| Population (2018 census)[1] | |
• Municipality and town | 46,736 |
| • Density | 30.87/km2 (79.95/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 32,979 |
| • Urban density | 8,080/km2 (20,900/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Puertoboyacense |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 152201-19 |
| Area code | 57 + 8 |
| Website | Official website |
Puerto Boyacá is a Colombian river-port town and municipality by theMagdalena River in theBoyacá Department, where is also considered aSpecial Trade Zone due to its port status. Its main industries are oil exploration and processing. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Puerto Boyacá was affected intensively by theColombian Armed Conflict.
| Climate data for Puerto Boyacá (Pto Boyaca), elevation 350 m (1,150 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.6 (101.5) | 39.4 (102.9) | 40.0 (104.0) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.0 (98.6) | 38.0 (100.4) | 41.2 (106.2) | 41.2 (106.2) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.4 (99.3) | 41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.7 (90.9) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.8 (91.0) | 33.5 (92.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 32.6 (90.7) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.8 (89.2) | 32.5 (90.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.3 (82.9) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.8 (82.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.6 (74.5) | 23.2 (73.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.4 (63.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 20.6 (69.1) | 16.8 (62.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 65.6 (2.58) | 104.4 (4.11) | 181.2 (7.13) | 270.9 (10.67) | 251.3 (9.89) | 167.4 (6.59) | 159.2 (6.27) | 166.9 (6.57) | 258.7 (10.19) | 290.6 (11.44) | 190.4 (7.50) | 115.0 (4.53) | 2,156.6 (84.91) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 8 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 180 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76 | 75 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 74 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 79 | 78 |
| Source:Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2][3] | |||||||||||||
6°00′N74°25′W / 6.000°N 74.417°W /6.000; -74.417
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