Chinácota

Chinácota
Chinácota
Municipality
	View of Chinácota
	Flag Seal
	Location of the municipality and town of Chinácota in the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia
Country	Colombia
Department	Norte de Santander Department
Area
• Land	166.64 km2 (64.34 sq mi)
Elevation	1,175 m (3,855 ft)
Population (2015)
• Municipality	16,348
• Urban	11,086
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Climate	Af

Chinácota is a small town and municipality located in the Department of Norte de Santander in Colombia, South America. This department is located in the north-eastern region of the country, near the border with Venezuela. Chinácota has a population of approximately 15,000 people (town plus surroundings) according to the 2005 Colombian census.

The municipality of Chinácota extends over 167 square kilometers and is located at an approximate altitude of 1,175 meters over the sea level. The average temperature range is between 12 and 22 degrees Celsius.

The urban area of Chinácota comprises about 29 neighborhoods and includes a residential count of approximately 2,600 houses. Chinácota was expected to grow by about 66% by 2011.^{[citation needed]}

History

Chinacota was founded in 1553 by the conquistador Pedro de Orsua and Ortun Velasco. When the conquistador Don Pedro de Ursua and her partner Don Ortun Velazco were entrusted to reduce Indians Bocarema, Chinaquillo, Bochaga and Bateca who in turn founded some populations, among them that of St. John the Baptist in today site called " Pueblo - straw " belonging to the nation of the chitareros, the name given by the Spaniards to the natives of the valleys of Bochalema, Chinácota and the Holy Spirit because" their entertainment and other revelries of the executed with chicaras totumo (chítaro in single speech) reeds and other primitive tools.^[1]

Notable people

Jhoan Arenas (born 1990), footballer
Campo Elías Delgado (1934-1986), spree killer
Biofilo Panclasta (1879-1943), activist

Climate

Climate data for Chinácota (Blonay), elevation 1,235 m (4,052 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	25.2 (77.4)	25.4 (77.7)	25.5 (77.9)	25.9 (78.6)	26.8 (80.2)	26.7 (80.1)	26.6 (79.9)	27.4 (81.3)	27.3 (81.1)	26.6 (79.9)	25.6 (78.1)	24.8 (76.6)	26.1 (79.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	19.6 (67.3)	20.0 (68.0)	20.4 (68.7)	20.8 (69.4)	21.0 (69.8)	20.5 (68.9)	20.2 (68.4)	20.7 (69.3)	20.7 (69.3)	20.6 (69.1)	20.2 (68.4)	19.4 (66.9)	20.3 (68.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	15.0 (59.0)	15.6 (60.1)	16.2 (61.2)	16.7 (62.1)	16.6 (61.9)	15.9 (60.6)	15.5 (59.9)	15.8 (60.4)	15.9 (60.6)	16.3 (61.3)	16.0 (60.8)	15.1 (59.2)	15.9 (60.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	44.4 (1.75)	57.6 (2.27)	57.7 (2.27)	161.3 (6.35)	136.9 (5.39)	75.9 (2.99)	61.7 (2.43)	86.3 (3.40)	146.4 (5.76)	245.4 (9.66)	190.9 (7.52)	100.2 (3.94)	1,364.6 (53.72)
Average relative humidity (%)	83	82	82	83	81	81	80	79	80	82	85	85	82
Mean monthly sunshine hours	130.2	96.0	80.6	96.0	111.6	120.0	124.0	130.2	123.0	111.6	102.0	127.1	1,352.3
Mean daily sunshine hours	4.2	3.4	2.6	3.2	3.6	4.0	4.0	4.2	4.1	3.6	3.4	4.1	3.7
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[2]

References

^ "Sitio web del municipio Chinácota en Norte Santander". Archived from the original on 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
^ "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.