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Timbiqui is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. An earthquake affected its inhabitants on the first of October, 2012.
Timbiqui, Cauca | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Timbiqui, Cauca in the Cauca Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Cauca Department |
| Population (Census 2018[1]) | |
| • Total | 21,618 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Af |
History edit
The town of Timbiquí was founded in 1772 by Francisco Mosquera and Andrés Saa, mine owners who released the land for the construction of the town, whose first name was Santa Bárbara. Timbiquí was promoted to the category of municipality in 1915, when the Republic began a slow process of institutionalization of the Pacific coast towns, after a conflict with the transnational company The New Timbiquí Gold Mines, Ltd., which claimed ownership over the entire population, in addition to the ownership exercised over the gold mines.[2]
Geography edit
This municipality has an area of 1,813 km2, with an altitude of five meters above sea level. Located at a distance of 580 kilometers from Popayán, to the west of the Cauca department, it limits to the north with López de Micay, to the east with El Tambo, Cauca and Argelia, Cauca, to the south with Guapi and to the west with the Pacific Ocean. The topography of the municipality is 70% varied, with mountainous branches and plains. Its temperature is approximately 28°C.[2]
The region is characterized by having an extensive river network; important rivers descend from the Western Cordillera and the Napi and Timbiquí hills - among them the rivers that give their name to the municipalities of Guapi and Timbiquí, Saija, Bubuey, Guafuí, Limones and Napi - whose waters flow into the Pacific Ocean through of a series of estuaries and arms in the mangrove region. In the region of the mouth of the rivers and out to sea, fishing for small and medium-sized prey is abundant, exploited in an artisanal way by the residents of the region. The region is classified according to its plant formations as Very Humid Tropical Forest (vhtf) with mangrove vegetation predominating in the brackish swamp area; The average annual rainfall varies between 4,000 and 8,000 mm. and average temperatures of 29 C. The eastern part of the region has an undulating and mountainous topography due to the rise of the Western Cordillera, whose heights reach 3,000 meters above sea level.[3]
Climate edit
Like all the Pacific coast of Colombia, Timbiquí has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af).
| Climate data for Timbiquí | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.1 (84.4) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.4 (85.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.4 (79.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.3 (74.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 501.0 (19.72) |
403.1 (15.87) |
405.7 (15.97) |
552.4 (21.75) |
763.9 (30.07) |
639.4 (25.17) |
519.6 (20.46) |
526.9 (20.74) |
635.6 (25.02) |
750.6 (29.55) |
620.5 (24.43) |
546.8 (21.53) |
6,865.5 (270.28) |
| Average rainy days | 19 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 241 |
| Source: [4] | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b Defensoría del Pueblo (2013). Informe Estructural Situación de Riesgo por Conflicto Armado en la Costa Pacífica Caucana Municipios de Guapi, Timbiquí y López de Micay (PDF). Bogotá: www.defensoria.org.co.
- ^ Patiño Castaño, Diógenes (1987). Arqueología de la costa pacífica caucana, Colombia.Boletín de arqueología, (2), 65-81. Bogotá: www.cervantesvirtual.com.
- ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
2°46′19″N 77°39′54″W / 2.77194°N 77.66500°W
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