Piendamó, Cauca
History
The town of Piendamó was founded by Pedro Antonio Sandoval on April 2, 1525.
Piendamó was formerly called Tunía and as such an encomienda of the conquistadors Sebastian de Belalcázar, Francisco Arévalo, Pedro Matta and Pedro de Velasco.
In 1917, the construction of the railway line that would link the city of Cali with the city of Popayán began, approving the layout for the site where Piendamó is today. At the beginning of 1924 the first locomotives arrived in this town and with them a large number of merchants, immigrants and settlers from the department of Valle del Cauca and the coffee region.
Description
The municipality is located in the Cauca Basin in the valley of the Cauca River at an altitude of 1,685 metres (5,528 ft) above mean sea level. It borders Silvia in the east, Morales in the west, Caldono in the north and Cajibio in the south.
Named after Piendamó
Climate
| Climate data for Piendamó (Tunia), elevation 1,800 m (5,900 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.6 (74.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.7 (65.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.9 (58.8) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 192.0 (7.56) |
221.9 (8.74) |
226.0 (8.90) |
242.6 (9.55) |
172.6 (6.80) |
79.6 (3.13) |
61.2 (2.41) |
47.7 (1.88) |
102.9 (4.05) |
221.2 (8.71) |
260.3 (10.25) |
257.4 (10.13) |
2,046 (80.55) |
| Average precipitation days | 18 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 204 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 78 | 80 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 83 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Official website Piendamó
- ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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