Amagá
Amagá (Spanish pronunciation: [amaˈɣa]) is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia. The area was known for its coal and iron ore production and it hosted early iron works. Ex-Colombian president Belisario Betancur was born in this location. As of 2015, the population comprised 29,555 people.
Notable places
The Forge (La Ferrería) produced the first steel in Antioquia and operated from 1864 to 1931. Its ruins are now a Rural National Monument. There is also a very famous touristic place which is called "El viaducto" (the path).
Climate
| Climate data for Amagá | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F | 81.9 | 82.8 | 83.8 | 82.9 | 81.7 | 81.7 | 82.9 | 82.2 | 81.1 | 80.1 | 79.7 | 79.9 | 81.7 |
| Daily mean °F | 71.1 | 72.0 | 73.2 | 73.0 | 72.3 | 71.8 | 72.1 | 71.8 | 70.9 | 70.7 | 70.5 | 70.2 | 71.6 |
| Mean daily minimum °F | 60.4 | 61.2 | 62.6 | 63.1 | 63.1 | 61.9 | 61.5 | 61.3 | 60.8 | 61.3 | 61.3 | 60.6 | 61.6 |
| Average precipitation inches | 3.0 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 4.5 | 86.1 |
| Mean daily maximum °C | 27.7 | 28.2 | 28.8 | 28.3 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 28.3 | 27.9 | 27.3 | 26.7 | 26.5 | 26.6 | 27.6 |
| Daily mean °C | 21.7 | 22.2 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 22.4 | 22.1 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 21.2 | 22.0 |
| Mean daily minimum °C | 15.8 | 16.2 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 16.5 |
| Average precipitation mm | 76 | 92 | 130 | 215 | 273 | 202 | 169 | 206 | 212 | 276 | 221 | 115 | 2,187 |
| Source: climate-data.org | |||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ Bell, P. L. (1921) Colombia: A Commercial and Industrial Handbook (Special Agents Series #206) Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, United States Department of Commerce, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., [1] page 234]
- ^ "Amagá: Atractivos Naturales y Recreativos" Cotelco (Asociación Hotelera de Colombia), in Spanish, accessed 17 June 2010
- ^ "Clima Amagá: Temperatura, Climograma y Tabla climática para Amagá". Climate-Data.org. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amagá.
- (in Spanish) Amaga official website
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