Bajo Baudó

Municipality and town in Chocó Department, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town of Bajo Baudó in the Chocó Department of Colombia.

Coordinates: 4°57′N 77°22′W / 4.950°N 77.367°W / 4.950; -77.367Country

ColombiaDepartmentChocó DepartmentFounded1821Area

• Total4,840 km² (1,870 sq mi)Elevation

12 m (39 ft)Population

(Census 2018^[1])

• Total18,561 • Density3.8/km² (9.9/sq mi)DemonymBajobaudoseñoTime zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)Area code57-4WebsiteOfficial website (in Spanish)

Bajo Baudó (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbaxo βawˈðo]) is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. It was founded in 1821 and converted into a municipality in 1825. Most of the town's population of 16,375 live in rural areas.^{[citation needed]}

Climate

Bajo Baudó has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af) with very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Bajo Baudó
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.8 (85.6)	29.9 (85.8)	30.3 (86.5)	30.4 (86.7)	30.3 (86.5)	30.0 (86.0)	30.0 (86.0)	29.6 (85.3)	29.3 (84.7)	28.9 (84.0)	29.0 (84.2)	29.3 (84.7)	29.7 (85.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.0 (78.8)	26.0 (78.8)	26.3 (79.3)	26.5 (79.7)	26.4 (79.5)	26.2 (79.2)	26.2 (79.2)	25.0 (77.0)	25.7 (78.3)	25.5 (77.9)	25.5 (77.9)	25.8 (78.4)	25.9 (78.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.3 (72.1)	22.2 (72.0)	22.4 (72.3)	22.6 (72.7)	22.6 (72.7)	22.4 (72.3)	22.4 (72.3)	22.3 (72.1)	22.2 (72.0)	22.2 (72.0)	22.1 (71.8)	22.3 (72.1)	22.3 (72.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	429 (16.9)	329 (13.0)	385 (15.2)	485 (19.1)	576 (22.7)	615 (24.2)	610 (24.0)	731 (28.8)	676 (26.6)	702 (27.6)	643 (25.3)	525 (20.7)	6,706 (264.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[2]

External links

Official website (in Spanish)

References

^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Climate: Bajo Baudó". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved September 9, 2020.