Puerto Nariño

Municipality and town in Amazonas Department, Colombia

Puerto Nariño

Municipality and town

Flag

Seal

Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Nariño in the Amazonas Department of Colombia

Puerto Nariño

Location in Colombia

Coordinates: 3°46′24″S 70°22′55″W﻿ / ﻿3.77333°S 70.38194°W﻿ / -3.77333; -70.38194
Country|  Colombia
Department|  Amazonas Department
Area

• Total

| 1,876 km2 (724 sq mi)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Climate| Af

Puerto Nariño is the second municipality of the Amazonas department of Colombia, located on the shore of the Amazon River.

Puerto Nariño coves an area of 1,876 km2 (724 sq mi). It has about 6,000 residents, most of them are indigenous (from the Ticuna tribe) and its specificity is that it is entirely pedestrian, no car or motorcycle being allowed, as an experiment in an ecological community. The traffic with the smaller communities along the river, and with Leticia, the only other Colombian municipality in the region, takes place by motorboats.

It is named after a famous Colombian general, Antonio Nariño, who took an active part in the independence war against the Spanish occupiers.

## Geography

[edit]

View of Puerto Narino and the Amazon from the viewing platform in the village

Puerto Nariño is the second municipality of the Amazonas department. It is on the edge of the River Loretoyaco, 67 km (42 mi) from Leticia and 1,240 km (770 mi) from Bogota. The average temperature is 30 °C (86 °F).

## History

[edit]

The town was founded on 1961 August 18 by a doctor named Jose Humberto Espejo Hernandez.

## Climate

[edit]

Puerto Nariño has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Puerto Nariño

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)  | 30.7
(87.3)  | 30.8
(87.4)  | 30.7
(87.3)  | 30.5
(86.9)  | 30.1
(86.2)  | 29.7
(85.5)  | 29.9
(85.8)  | 30.7
(87.3)  | 31.0
(87.8)  | 31.2
(88.2)  | 31.2
(88.2)  | 31.0
(87.8)  | 30.6
(87.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)  | 26.1
(79.0)  | 26.1
(79.0)  | 26.2
(79.2)  | 25.9
(78.6)  | 25.7
(78.3)  | 25.3
(77.5)  | 25.1
(77.2)  | 25.7
(78.3)  | 25.9
(78.6)  | 26.3
(79.3)  | 26.4
(79.5)  | 26.2
(79.2)  | 25.9
(78.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)  | 21.5
(70.7)  | 21.5
(70.7)  | 21.7
(71.1)  | 21.4
(70.5)  | 21.4
(70.5)  | 20.9
(69.6)  | 20.3
(68.5)  | 20.8
(69.4)  | 20.9
(69.6)  | 21.5
(70.7)  | 21.7
(71.1)  | 21.5
(70.7)  | 21.3
(70.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches)  | 349.7
(13.77)  | 304.0
(11.97)  | 300.9
(11.85)  | 323.8
(12.75)  | 290.7
(11.44)  | 250.6
(9.87)  | 151.8
(5.98)  | 138.3
(5.44)  | 193.2
(7.61)  | 203.1
(8.00)  | 193.2
(7.61)  | 349.2
(13.75)  | 3,048.5
(120.04)
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 19  | 17  | 15  | 16  | 17  | 15  | 10  | 9  | 12  | 13  | 12  | 19  | 174
Source 1: IDEAM[1]
Source 2: Climate-Data.org[2]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
2. ^ "Climate: Puerto Nariño". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 21, 2020.

* Puerto Nariño official website

* v
* t
* e

Municipalities in the Amazonas Department

* El Encanto
* La Chorrera
* La Pedrera
* La Victoria
* Leticia
* Mirití-Paraná
* Puerto Alegría
* Puerto Arica
* Puerto Nariño
* Puerto Santander
* Tarapacá

3°46′24″S 70°22′55″W﻿ / ﻿3.77333°S 70.38194°W﻿ / -3.77333; -70.38194

This Department of Amazonas location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template