Betania, Antioquia
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Betania | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 5°45′N 75°58′W / 5.750°N 75.967°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Antioquia Department |
Subregion | Southwestern |
Area | |
• Total | 168 km2 (65 sq mi) |
Population (2015) | |
• Total | 9,286 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Betania (pronounced: Bai-TAHN-ee-uh) is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia, with a population of 9,286 people, according to the 2015 census. It is located 33 mi/53 km SW of Medellín. The main industries include coffee, sugarcane, cacao, and livestock.
Climate
[edit]Betania has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Chigorodó | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.8 (78.4) | 26.4 (79.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.1 (70.0) | 21.0 (69.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.9 (69.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.1 (59.2) | 15.4 (59.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 15.1 (59.2) | 15.4 (59.8) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 124.5 (4.90) | 148.2 (5.83) | 198.2 (7.80) | 291.8 (11.49) | 318.2 (12.53) | 227.1 (8.94) | 219.3 (8.63) | 234.7 (9.24) | 265.4 (10.45) | 307.2 (12.09) | 240.9 (9.48) | 161.8 (6.37) | 2,737.3 (107.75) |
Average rainy days | 12 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 216 |
Source 1: IDEAM[1] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Climate-Data.org[2] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
- ^ "Climate: Betania". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved September 3, 2020.