El Banco, Magdalena
El Banco (meaning River bank in Spanish) is a Colombian Municipality and town located in the southernmost part of the Magdalena Department by the Magdalena River.
El Banco | |
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Municipality | |
 View from the river | |
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| Nickname: Imperial City of Cumbia | |
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| Coordinates: 8°59′54″N 73°58′29″W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Department | Magdalena |
| Established | February 2, 1680 |
| Elevated to Municipality | 1871 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Víctor Rangel López[1] |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 814.9 km2 (314.6 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 5.76 km2 (2.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Population (2018 census)[2] | |
| • Municipality | 65,457 |
| • Density | 65.29/km2 (169.1/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 41,881 |
| • Urban density | 7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi) |
| Website | www.elbanco-magdalena.gov.co |
River
El Banco, Magdalena has a river named Magdalena River(Spanish name is Río Magdalena) has been a major commercial artery since the Spanish conquest. On keelboats, goods were transported from colonial times to the 19th century.
Climate
El Banco has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with little to moderate rainfall from December to March and heavy rainfall in the remaining months.
| Climate data for El Banco | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 32.8 (91.0) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.5 (90.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.1 (82.6) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.4 (83.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.3 (75.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 36.9 (1.45) |
38.9 (1.53) |
78.6 (3.09) |
170.5 (6.71) |
234.0 (9.21) |
199.7 (7.86) |
147.7 (5.81) |
221.0 (8.70) |
294.7 (11.60) |
329.1 (12.96) |
237.7 (9.36) |
87.0 (3.43) |
2,075.8 (81.71) |
| Average rainy days | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 118 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 71 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 75 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 263.5 | 228.7 | 213.9 | 180.0 | 173.6 | 198.0 | 220.1 | 220.1 | 183.0 | 176.7 | 186.0 | 241.8 | 2,485.4 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 8.5 | 8.1 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 6.8 |
| Source: IDEAM[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- "La tercera fue la vencida para Víctor Rangel, nuevo alcalde de el Banco".
- Citypopulation.de Population of El Banco municipality
- "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
External links
- (in Spanish)El Banco official website
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