Amagá

Municipality and town in Antioquia Department, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town of Amagá in the Antioquia Department of Colombia

6°03′N 75°42′W / 6.050°N 75.700°W / 6.050; -75.700Country

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Antioquia DepartmentSubregionSouthwesternArea

• Total84 km² (32 sq mi)Population

(2015)

• Total29,555Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Amagá (Spanish pronunciation: [amaˈɣa]) is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia. The area was known for its coal and iron ore production and it hosted early iron works.^[1] Ex-Colombian president Belisario Betancur was born in this location. As of 2015, the population comprised 29,555 people.

Notable places

The Forge (La Ferrería) produced the first steel in Antioquia and operated from 1864 to 1931. Its ruins are now a Rural National Monument.^[2] There is also a very famous touristic place which is called "El viaducto" (the path). ^{[citation needed]}

Climate

Climate data for Amagá
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F	81.9	82.8	83.8	82.9	81.7	81.7	82.9	82.2	81.1	80.1	79.7	79.9	81.7
Daily mean °F	71.1	72.0	73.2	73.0	72.3	71.8	72.1	71.8	70.9	70.7	70.5	70.2	71.6
Mean daily minimum °F	60.4	61.2	62.6	63.1	63.1	61.9	61.5	61.3	60.8	61.3	61.3	60.6	61.6
Average precipitation inches	3.0	3.6	5.1	8.5	10.7	8.0	6.7	8.1	8.3	10.9	8.7	4.5	86.1
Mean daily maximum °C	27.7	28.2	28.8	28.3	27.6	27.6	28.3	27.9	27.3	26.7	26.5	26.6	27.6
Daily mean °C	21.7	22.2	22.9	22.8	22.4	22.1	22.3	22.1	21.6	21.5	21.4	21.2	22.0
Mean daily minimum °C	15.8	16.2	17.0	17.3	17.3	16.6	16.4	16.3	16.0	16.3	16.3	15.9	16.5
Average precipitation mm	76	92	130	215	273	202	169	206	212	276	221	115	2,187
Source: climate-data.org^[3]

Notes

^ Bell, P. L. (1921) Colombia: A Commercial and Industrial Handbook (Special Agents Series #206) Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, United States Department of Commerce, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., [1] page 234]
^ "Amagá: Atractivos Naturales y Recreativos"^{[permanent dead link]} Cotelco (Asociación Hotelera de Colombia), in Spanish, accessed 17 June 2010
^ "Clima Amagá: Temperatura, Climograma y Tabla climática para Amagá". Climate-Data.org. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-08.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amagá.

(in Spanish) Amaga official website

Antioquia Department

Capital: Medellín

Regions
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municipalities

Southwestern	Amagá Andes Angelópolis Betania Betulia Caicedo Caramanta Ciudad Bolívar Concordia Fredonia Hispania Jardín Jericó La Pintada Montebello Pueblorrico Salgar Santa Bárbara Támesis Tarso Titiribí Urrao Valparaíso Venecia
Eastern	Abejorral Alejandría Argelia El Carmen de Viboral Cocorná Concepción El Peñol El Santuario Granada Guarne Guatapé La Ceja La Unión Marinilla Nariño Retiro Rionegro San Carlos San Francisco San Luis San Rafael San Vicente Sonsón
Northeastern	Amalfi Anorí Cisneros Remedios San Roque Santo Domingo Segovia Vegachí Yalí Yolombó
Northern	Angostura Belmira Briceño Campamento Carolina del Príncipe Don Matías Entrerríos Gómez Plata Guadalupe Ituango San Andrés San José de la Montaña San Pedro Santa Rosa de Osos Toledo Valdivia Yarumal
Western	Abriaquí Antioquia Anza Armenia Buriticá Cañasgordas Dabeiba Ebéjico Frontino Giraldo Heliconia Liborina Olaya Peque Sabanalarga San Jerónimo Sopetrán Uramita
Bajo Cauca	Caucasia El Bagre Nechí Tarazá Cáceres Zaragoza
Magdalena Medio	Yondó Puerto Berrío Maceo Caracolí Puerto Nare Puerto Triunfo
Urabá	Apartadó Arboletes Carepa Chigorodó Murindó Mutatá Necoclí San Juan de Urabá San Pedro de Urabá Turbo Vigía del Fuerte
Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley	Barbosa Bello Caldas Copacabana Envigado Girardota Itagüí La Estrella Medellín Sabaneta