Cravo Norte

Municipality and town in Arauca Department, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town of Cravo Norte in the Arauca Department of Colombia

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ColombiaDepartmentArauca DepartmentFounded1538Government

• MayorJavier Esneider Triana MujicaArea

• Municipality and town5,301 km² (2,046.73 sq mi)Elevation

124 m (406.82 ft)Population

(2015)

• Municipality and town3,331 • Density0.63/km² (1.63/sq mi) • Urban

2,319Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)ClimateAwWebsitewww.cravonorte-arauca.gov.co

Cravo Norte is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia. It is thought to have been founded in 1538 by the Jesuit missionary Joseph Gumilla. The first census was conducted in May 1797 and counted a population of 205. ^[1]

Climate

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

Climate data for Cravo Norte
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	33.2 (91.8)	34.4 (93.9)	34.4 (93.9)	32.5 (90.5)	30.6 (87.1)	29.5 (85.1)	29.4 (84.9)	30.3 (86.5)	31.0 (87.8)	31.5 (88.7)	31.9 (89.4)	32.2 (90.0)	31.7 (89.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.3 (81.1)	28.2 (82.8)	28.7 (83.7)	27.8 (82.0)	26.7 (80.1)	25.9 (78.6)	25.8 (78.4)	26.3 (79.3)	26.8 (80.2)	27.1 (80.8)	27.4 (81.3)	27.2 (81.0)	27.1 (80.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21.5 (70.7)	22.0 (71.6)	23.0 (73.4)	23.2 (73.8)	22.8 (73.0)	22.4 (72.3)	22.2 (72.0)	22.3 (72.1)	22.6 (72.7)	22.7 (72.9)	22.9 (73.2)	22.2 (72.0)	22.5 (72.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	17.9 (0.70)	20.8 (0.82)	61.0 (2.40)	188.9 (7.44)	318.4 (12.54)	403.9 (15.90)	410.0 (16.14)	279.4 (11.00)	266.5 (10.49)	256.9 (10.11)	146.0 (5.75)	41.6 (1.64)	2,411.3 (94.93)
Average rainy days	1	2	4	10	17	19	19	16	15	12	8	3	126
Source 1: IDEAM^[2]
Source 2: Climate-Data.org^[3]

References

^ [1]^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
^ "Climate: Cravo Norte". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 22, 2020.