La Playa de Belén
La Playa | |
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Municipality and town | |
 View of La Playa de Belén | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of La Playa in the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia. | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Norte de Santander Department |
| Area | |
• Municipality and town | 241.25 km2 (93.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,450 m (4,760 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Municipality and town | 8,546 |
| • Urban | 641 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
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) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
8°15′N 73°10′W / 8.250°N 73.167°W