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Betania, Antioquia

Municipality and town in Colombia

Municipality and town in Antioquia Department, Colombia

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

5°45′N 75°58′W / 5.750°N 75.967°W / 5.750; -75.967Country

ColombiaDepartment

Antioquia DepartmentSubregionSouthwesternArea

• Total168 km² (65 sq mi)Population

(2015)

• Total9,286Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Betania (pronounced: Bai-TAHN-ee-uh) is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia, with a population of 9,286 people, according to the 2015 census. It is located 33 mi/53 km SW of Medellín. The main industries include coffee, sugarcane, cacao, and livestock.

Climate

Betania has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Chigorodó
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	26.5 (79.7)	27.0 (80.6)	27.2 (81.0)	27.0 (80.6)	26.3 (79.3)	26.3 (79.3)	26.8 (80.2)	26.5 (79.7)	26.0 (78.8)	25.8 (78.4)	25.4 (77.7)	25.8 (78.4)	26.4 (79.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	20.7 (69.3)	21.1 (70.0)	21.4 (70.5)	21.4 (70.5)	21.1 (70.0)	21.0 (69.8)	21.1 (70.0)	20.9 (69.6)	20.5 (68.9)	20.6 (69.1)	20.3 (68.5)	20.4 (68.7)	20.9 (69.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	15.0 (59.0)	15.3 (59.5)	15.7 (60.3)	15.9 (60.6)	16.0 (60.8)	15.7 (60.3)	15.4 (59.7)	15.3 (59.5)	15.1 (59.2)	15.4 (59.7)	15.3 (59.5)	15.1 (59.2)	15.4 (59.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	124.5 (4.90)	148.2 (5.83)	198.2 (7.80)	291.8 (11.49)	318.2 (12.53)	227.1 (8.94)	219.3 (8.63)	234.7 (9.24)	265.4 (10.45)	307.2 (12.09)	240.9 (9.48)	161.8 (6.37)	2,737.3 (107.75)
Average rainy days	12	13	16	20	23	18	18	18	20	23	20	15	216
Source 1: IDEAM^[1]
Source 2: Climate-Data.org^[2]

References

^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
^ "Climate: Betania". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved September 3, 2020.

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