Yopal

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Yopal
Municipality and town
Top: Yopal from the Chamber of Commerce, Second: Cultural center, Third: El Alcaraván Airport, Four: Airport and Nunchía Avenue
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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 / 5.35000°N 72.41000°W / 5.35000; -72.41000
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  (2024)
• Municipality and town	194,079
• Density	78.16/km2 (202.4/sq mi)
Demonym	Yopaleño
Time zone	UTC-05 (Colombia Standard Time)
Postal code	850001-9
Area code	57 + 8
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

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 Orinoquía region after Villavicencio.

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: 191.133 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

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.

References

External links

• (in Spanish) Yopal official website
• (in Spanish) La Voz de Yopal (Radio) Archived 2013-01-28 at the Wayback Machine

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