Arboletes

Arboletes
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Arboletes in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Location of the municipality and town of Arboletes in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Arboletes is located in Colombia
Arboletes
Arboletes
Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 8°52′N 76°26′W / 8.867°N 76.433°W / 8.867; -76.433
Country Colombia
DepartmentAntioquia
SubregionUrabá
Government
 • AlcaldeGustavo German Guerra Guerra
Area
 • Total
718 km2 (277 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2020 estimate)
 • Total
45,710
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Websitearboletes-antioquia.gov.co

Arboletes is a town and municipality in the subregion of Urabá in Antioquia Department, Colombia.

The municipality is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north, the department of Córdoba to the north and east, the municipality of San Pedro de Urabá to the south and west, and the municipalities of Turbo and Necoclí. The town is 502 km from the city of Medellín, capital of the department of Antioquia. The municipality covers an area of 710 km².

Arboletes has 8 rural townships (corregimientos): El Carmelo, La Trinidad, Naranjitas, El Guadual, La Candelaria, Buenos Aires, Las Platas and Pajillal.

History

Arboletes is a municipality of the department of Antioquia.

The town of Arboletes was founded in 1920 and the municipality of Arboletes was established in August 1958.

Mud volcano

Arboletes has a mud volcano in the Santa Fe de la Plata corregimiento, which erupted in 2006 and 2010.

Climate

Arboletes has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) with moderate to little rainfall from December to March and heavy rainfall from April to November.

Climate data for Arboletes, elevation 4 m (13 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.5
(86.9)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.7
(87.3)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30.8
(87.4)		 31.0
(87.8)		 30.9
(87.6)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30.7
(87.3)		 30.8
(87.4)		 30.6
(87.1)		 30.4
(86.7)		 30.7
(87.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.6
(81.7)		 27.6
(81.7)		 28.0
(82.4)		 28.2
(82.8)		 28.0
(82.4)		 27.8
(82.0)		 27.7
(81.9)		 27.6
(81.7)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.6
(81.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23.5
(74.3)		 24.0
(75.2)		 24.3
(75.7)		 24.2
(75.6)		 23.5
(74.3)		 23.4
(74.1)		 23.0
(73.4)		 22.9
(73.2)		 22.8
(73.0)		 22.9
(73.2)		 23.1
(73.6)		 23.4
(74.1)		 23.4
(74.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 15.4
(0.61)		 16.8
(0.66)		 41.6
(1.64)		 127.4
(5.02)		 251.1
(9.89)		 191.7
(7.55)		 202.1
(7.96)		 226.1
(8.90)		 187.8
(7.39)		 206.9
(8.15)		 183.8
(7.24)		 80.0
(3.15)		 1,711
(67.4)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 3 2 4 8 14 12 13 12 11 12 11 6 106
Average relative humidity (%) 81 80 79 82 85 84 84 84 84 83 83 83 83
Mean monthly sunshine hours 220.1 194.8 189.1 150.0 145.7 153.0 161.2 161.2 144.0 148.8 177.0 195.3 2,040.2
Mean daily sunshine hours 7.1 6.9 6.1 5.0 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.8 5.9 6.3 5.6
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales

References

  1. ↑ "Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005". Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "25 lesionados en erupción de volcán en Santa Fe de la Plata, Arboletes". El Heraldo. 19 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

8°51′06″N 76°25′42″W / 8.85167°N 76.42833°W / 8.85167; -76.42833