Cantagallo, Bolívar

Municipality and town in Bolívar Department, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town of Cantagallo in the Bolívar Department of Colombia

7°22′34″N 73°54′55″W / 7.37611°N 73.91528°W / 7.37611; -73.91528Country

ColombiaDepartment

Bolívar DepartmentArea

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• Total669 km² (258 sq mi)Population

(Census 2018^[2])

• Total6,874 • Density10/km² (27/sq mi)

Cantagallo is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern Colombia. It is the southernmost municipality of the province. It was founded on 1 January 1938 and became a municipality by Ordinance no. 30 of 16 December 1994.

Climate

Cantagallo has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate to little rainfall from December to March and heavy to very heavy rainfall from April to November.

Climate data for Cantagallo
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	33.0 (91.4)	33.4 (92.1)	33.6 (92.5)	32.7 (90.9)	32.2 (90.0)	32.4 (90.3)	32.7 (90.9)	32.4 (90.3)	32.0 (89.6)	31.4 (88.5)	31.6 (88.9)	32.3 (90.1)	32.5 (90.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	28.4 (83.1)	28.8 (83.8)	29.3 (84.7)	28.7 (83.7)	28.4 (83.1)	28.5 (83.3)	28.5 (83.3)	28.3 (82.9)	28.1 (82.6)	27.8 (82.0)	28.0 (82.4)	28.4 (83.1)	28.4 (83.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23.9 (75.0)	24.2 (75.6)	25.0 (77.0)	24.8 (76.6)	24.7 (76.5)	24.6 (76.3)	24.3 (75.7)	24.3 (75.7)	24.2 (75.6)	24.3 (75.7)	24.5 (76.1)	24.5 (76.1)	24.4 (76.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	36 (1.4)	48 (1.9)	108 (4.3)	255 (10.0)	332 (13.1)	293 (11.5)	273 (10.7)	333 (13.1)	393 (15.5)	404 (15.9)	252 (9.9)	61 (2.4)	2,788 (109.7)
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References

^ "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 10 May 2020.