Toledo, Norte de Santander
Toledo (Spanish pronunciation: [toˈleðo] (
listen)) is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of North Santander. It is on the border with Boyacá Department and has natural gas development in the township of Gibraltar. In August 2011 the Gibraltar to Bucaramanga gas pipeline was completed.[1]
Toledo, Norte de Santander | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Toledo, Norte de Santander in the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Norte de Santander Department |
| Area | |
| • Municipality and town | 1,578 km2 (609 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,642 m (5,387 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Municipality and town | 17,283 |
| • Urban | 4,470 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
Toledo has a very wet subtropical highland climate (Cfb). It has heavy rainfall from November to February and very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from April to October.
| Climate data for Toledo | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.8 (73.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) |
17.8 (64.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 12.3 (54.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.5 (56.3) |
13.5 (56.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.5 (56.3) |
13.4 (56.1) |
12.9 (55.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 192.9 (7.59) |
290.2 (11.43) |
348.4 (13.72) |
460.1 (18.11) |
590.2 (23.24) |
873.8 (34.40) |
721.4 (28.40) |
595.7 (23.45) |
502.4 (19.78) |
355.3 (13.99) |
264.3 (10.41) |
201.4 (7.93) |
5,396.1 (212.45) |
| Average rainy days | 12 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 246 |
| Source 1: [5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: [6] | |||||||||||||
Notes
- Nogarin, Mauro (October 2011). "Mountainous Terrain Challenges Workers Building Gas Pipeline In Colombia". Pipeline & Gas Journal. 238 (10). Archived from the original on 13 October 2011.
- "Corregimiento Gilbraltar". Municipal Government of Toledo.
- "Corregimiento Samoré". Municipal Government of Toledo.
- "Corregimiento San Bernardo". Municipal Government of Toledo.
- http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
- https://en.climate-data.org/south-america/colombia/norte-de-santander/toledo-34382
References
- "Toledo" (in Spanish). Government of Norte de Santander. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
- "Toledo" (in Spanish). Municipal Government of Toledo, Norte de Santander. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27.
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