La Esmeralda, Venezuela

La Esmeralda is a small settlement in and the capital of Alto Orinoco Municipality in Venezuela’s Amazonas State. The name means “the emerald”. It is located on the shore of the Orinoco river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.

La Esmeralda
La Esmeralda
Coordinates: 3°10′26″N 65°32′48″W
Country Venezuela
StateAmazonas State
MunicipalityAlto Orinoco Municipality
Founded1758
Elevation
225 m (738 ft)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total20 030
Time zoneVST
ClimateAf
Orinoco river crossing La Esmeralda

The settlement contains about a hundred homes, a school, an airfield and a military outpost.

Climate

La Esmeralda has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for La Esmeralda
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 32.0
(89.6)		 32.4
(90.3)		 32.4
(90.3)		 31.4
(88.5)		 30.4
(86.7)		 29.9
(85.8)		 30.0
(86.0)		 30.7
(87.3)		 31.6
(88.9)		 31.6
(88.9)		 32.0
(89.6)		 31.8
(89.2)		 31.4
(88.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.1
(80.8)		 27.3
(81.1)		 27.5
(81.5)		 27.1
(80.8)		 26.5
(79.7)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.1
(79.0)		 26.5
(79.7)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.1
(80.8)		 26.9
(80.4)
Average low °C (°F) 22.3
(72.1)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.6
(72.7)		 22.8
(73.0)		 22.7
(72.9)		 22.6
(72.7)		 22.2
(72.0)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.5
(72.5)		 22.8
(73.0)		 22.4
(72.3)		 22.5
(72.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 109
(4.3)		 120
(4.7)		 163
(6.4)		 296
(11.7)		 356
(14.0)		 379
(14.9)		 351
(13.8)		 298
(11.7)		 194
(7.6)		 205
(8.1)		 173
(6.8)		 125
(4.9)		 2,769
(108.9)


References
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