Turbo, Colombia | |
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 Location of the city of Turbo, in the Antioquia Department of Colombia | |
  Turbo, Colombia Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 8°6′0″N 76°44′0″W / 8.10000°N 76.73333°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Antioquia Department |
| Subregion | Urabá |
| Area | |
| • Metro | 3,055 km2 (1,180 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • City | 163,525 |
| • Density | 41.25/km2 (106.8/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 65,307 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Turbo is a port city in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the Urabá Antioquia sub-region, it is located on the coast of Gulf of Urabá, 340 km north of Medellín (the department capital and second largest city). This port city is the capital of the Urabá region of Antioquia. The place where Turbo is today was known as Pisisí, but by 1741 people were already talking about Turbo. By a decree on May 11, 1839, the central government spent one thousand pesos for military service barracks in Turbo. In 1840, the republican president assigned one thousand fanegas of uncultivated lands for the new population. It was established as a municipality in 1847.
Turbo lies near the southeastern tip of the Darién Gap and is the northern terminus of the main route of the Pan-American Highway in South America. There is currently no paved road connecting through the region to Yaviza, Panama, where the highway continues through Central and North America.
Geography
Climate
Turbo has a monthly mean temperature above 18 °C or 64 °F in every month of the year and a distinct dry season, with the driest month measuring less than 60 millimetres or 2.4 inches of precipitation. The Köppen climate classification subtype for Turbo’s climate is Am (tropical monsoon climate), although it borders on Af (tropical rainforest climate). The average temperature for the year in Turbo is 81.0 °F or 27.2 °C, with extremely small variations through the year.[1] Rainfall in Turbo is heavy due to strong surface westerly winds from the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) located near Turbo’s latitude, although it is much less from January to March when the ITCZ reaches its most southerly latitude, resulting in the town’s classification as a monsoon climate.
| Climate data for Turbo | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.5 (86.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.3 (86.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.4 (79.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 79.8 (3.14) |
50.0 (1.97) |
75.6 (2.98) |
235.2 (9.26) |
290.7 (11.44) |
252.5 (9.94) |
218.6 (8.61) |
265.1 (10.44) |
217.6 (8.57) |
184.0 (7.24) |
230.6 (9.08) |
193.9 (7.63) |
2,293.6 (90.3) |
| Average rainy days | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 148 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 86 |
| Source 1: IDEAM[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Turbo, Colombia (closest city on record to Sapzurro)
- ↑ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ↑ "Climate: Turbo". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
External links
Media related to Turbo, Antioquia at Wikimedia Commons