El Encanto
El Encanto is a town and municipality in the Amazonas Department, Colombia. It is located in the mouth of the Caraparaná River, tributary of the Putumayo River (Içá). El Encanto can be reached by air or river. The local navy base has a runway available only to military and official planes, these were established during the Colombia-Peru War. By river the closest towns with airport access are Puerto Arturo, Peru from downstream, and Puerto Leguízamo (Putumayo Department, Colombia) upstream.
El Encanto | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Location of the municipality and town of El Encanto in the Amazonas Department of Colombia | |
  El Encanto Location in Ecuador | |
| Coordinates: 1°46′44″S 73°12′38″W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Amazonas Department |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,724 km2 (4,141 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 4,376 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Af |
The majority of inhabitants in the area are Huitotos indigenous tribes. The municipality has an area of 10,724 square kilometres or 4,141 square miles.
Climate
El Encanto has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for El Encanto | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31.3 (88.3) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.3 (79.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 210.7 (8.30) |
230.2 (9.06) |
303.3 (11.94) |
341.6 (13.45) |
333.1 (13.11) |
293.7 (11.56) |
250.4 (9.86) |
229.1 (9.02) |
183.3 (7.22) |
197.4 (7.77) |
256.3 (10.09) |
236.2 (9.30) |
3,065.3 (120.68) |
| Average rainy days | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 188 |
| Source 1: IDEAM[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- "Climate: El Encanto". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
External links
(in Spanish) El Encanto official website