Yopal
Yopal (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝoˈpal]) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia. And the second most populated and important city in the Orionoquia region after Villavicencio.[2]
Yopal | |
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Municipality and town | |
    Top: Yopal from the Chamber of Commerce, Second: Cultural center, Third: El Alcaraván Airport, Four: Nunchía Avenue | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Yopal in the Casanare Department of Colombia. | |
  Yopal Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 5°21′0″N 72°24′36″W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Region | Orinoquía Region |
| Department | Casanare Department |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Area | |
| • Municipality and town | 2,483 km2 (959 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 25.09 km2 (9.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Population (2018 Census[1]) | |
| • Municipality and town | 168,433 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 143,619 |
| • Urban density | 5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Yopaleño |
| Time zone | UTC-05 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 850001-9 |
| Area code | 57 + 8 |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
History
Before the period of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the land on which Yopal stands was occupied by the indigenous Achagua people. The name Yopal descends from the region's abundance of Anadenanthera peregrina, often otherwise called yopo.
Geographic information
- Population: 168 000 inhabitants
- Elevation: 350 metres or 1,150 feet
- Area: 2,771 square kilometres or 1,070 square miles
- Distance from Bogotá: 387 kilometres or 240 miles
- Median temperature: 26 °C or 78.8 °F
Born in Yopal
- Camila Avella, Model and Miss Universe Colombia 2023
- Jeffry Romero, professional cyclist
- Andres Badillo Entrepreneur
- Mechs, streamer of League of Legends
Climate
Yopal has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Although it borders closely on a tropical savanna climate (Aw), Yopal’s climate is much more typical of a tropical monsoon climate in having a short but distinct dry season that covers the months of December to March, and a very long wet season covering the remaining eight months.
| Climate data for Yopal | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.5 (90.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.8 (87.4) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.2 (71.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 8.5 (0.33) |
60.4 (2.38) |
79.3 (3.12) |
279.0 (10.98) |
333.7 (13.14) |
298.0 (11.73) |
312.3 (12.30) |
255.4 (10.06) |
275.9 (10.86) |
255.0 (10.04) |
131.8 (5.19) |
20.2 (0.80) |
2,309.5 (90.93) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 138 |
| Source: IDEAM | |||||||||||||
References
- "INFORMACIÓN CAPITAL" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-28.
- Espectador, El (2023-07-23). "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
External links
- (in Spanish) Yopal official website
- (in Spanish) La Voz de Yopal (Radio)
