La Playa de Belén
Municipality and town in Norte de Santander Department, Colombia
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Location of the municipality and town of La Playa in the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia.
(2015)
La Playa or La Playa de Belén is a Colombian municipality in the department of North Santander.
La Playa is among Colombia's most-atmospheric and best-preserved 19th-century pueblos. It was named a Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) of Colombia in 2010, one of only 11 municipalities nationwide that were selected to be part of the Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio original cohort.[1]
Climate
La Playa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw)[2] with consistently warm temperatures, moderated by altitude. The period from December to March is fairly dry, while the rest of the year experiences significant rainfall.
| Climate data for La Playa (Playa La), elevation 1,500 m (4,900 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) | 24.8 (76.6) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 27.0 (80.6) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.5 (77.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.8 (67.6) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.1 (68.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 18.9 (66.0) | 19.9 (67.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 15.1 (59.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.7 (60.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 14.8 (58.6) | 14.8 (58.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 14.6 (58.3) | 15.1 (59.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.2 (0.52) | 15.5 (0.61) | 24.6 (0.97) | 71.2 (2.80) | 100.7 (3.96) | 62.3 (2.45) | 44.4 (1.75) | 89.7 (3.53) | 140.6 (5.54) | 158.3 (6.23) | 83.0 (3.27) | 29.1 (1.15) | 824.1 (32.44) |
| Average precipitation days | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 123 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 82 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 82 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 186.0 | 158.1 | 148.8 | 123.0 | 139.5 | 174.0 | 204.6 | 192.2 | 144.0 | 142.6 | 138.0 | 161.2 | 1,912 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 6.0 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "GUÍA: Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio de Colombia" (PDF). Fondo Nacional de Turismo de la República de Colombia - FONTUR. Dec 2020. Retrieved 29 Mar 2021.
- ^ "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data. 23 October 2023.
- ^ "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.
- (in Spanish) Government of Norte de Santander - La Playa
- (in Spanish) La Playa de Belen official website
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Municipalities in Norte de Santander Department
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- Arboledas
- Bochalema
- Bucarasica
- Cáchira
- Cácota
- Chinácota
- Chitagá
- Convención
- Cúcuta
- Cucutilla
- Durania
- El Carmen
- El Tarra
- El Zulia
- Gramalote
- Hacarí
- Herrán
- La Esperanza
- La Playa
- Labateca
- Los Patios
- Lourdes
- Mutiscua
- Ocaña
- Pamplona
- Pamplonita
- Puerto Santander
- Ragonvalia
- Salazar de las Palmas
- San Calixto
- San Cayetano
- Santiago
- Sardinata
- Silos
- Teorama
- Tibú
- Toledo
- Villa Caro
- Villa del Rosario
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