Gámbita
Municipality and town in Santander Department, Colombia
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Location of the municipality and town of Gámbita in the Santander Department of Colombia
ColombiaGámbita is a municipality in the department of Santander, Colombia, is part of the Comunera province. The municipality has a land area of 606.1 km2 and is formed by the corresponding municipal seat to the urban area, 20 villages and district of La Palma.
Geography
Gámbita has a natural heritage and landscape that offers EGS like owning great sources of water, oxygen, uptake of carbon dioxide and resources Flora and wildlife practicable steps to ensure the quality of life, environmental sustainability and economic development in the medium and long term, developing activities in accordance with the restrictions on land use, accompanied by training environmental, social and economic resources and technology transfer for cleaner production, in order to reach niche markets for products derived from sugarcane, fruits and vegetables.
Likewise, the livestock, the bee culture and farming are production alternatives with high environmental and economic viability level in the municipality.
Climate
Gámbita has a subtropical highland climate, close to a tropical rainforest climate according to the Köppen climate classification system.[1] Gámbita has a rainy and consistently warm climate.
| Climate data for Gámbita (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.87 (74.97) | 23.91 (75.04) | 23.64 (74.55) | 23.41 (74.14) | 23.31 (73.96) | 23.34 (74.01) | 23.45 (74.21) | 23.64 (74.55) | 23.75 (74.75) | 23.45 (74.21) | 23.21 (73.78) | 23.36 (74.05) | 23.53 (74.35) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.19 (64.74) | 18.26 (64.87) | 18.16 (64.69) | 17.95 (64.31) | 18.14 (64.65) | 18.16 (64.69) | 18.06 (64.51) | 18.14 (64.65) | 18.18 (64.72) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.16 (64.69) | 18.13 (64.63) | 18.14 (64.65) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.44 (54.39) | 12.74 (54.93) | 13.1 (55.6) | 13.36 (56.05) | 13.41 (56.14) | 13.05 (55.49) | 12.43 (54.37) | 12.4 (54.3) | 12.63 (54.73) | 12.88 (55.18) | 13.22 (55.80) | 12.72 (54.90) | 12.87 (55.17) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 123.71 (4.87) | 148.84 (5.86) | 230.91 (9.09) | 323.31 (12.73) | 302.86 (11.92) | 159.1 (6.26) | 123.22 (4.85) | 158.9 (6.26) | 191.51 (7.54) | 298.49 (11.75) | 274.14 (10.79) | 157.94 (6.22) | 2,492.93 (98.15) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12.52 | 14.22 | 20.04 | 22.38 | 22.35 | 15.49 | 14.01 | 14.04 | 16.39 | 21.33 | 21.39 | 16.11 | 210.26 |
| Source: NOAA[2] | |||||||||||||
Personalities
- Luis Antonio Calvo (1882 - 1945) Composer
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Municipalities in Santander Department
- Aguada
- Albania
- Aratoca
- Barbosa
- Barichara
- Barrancabermeja
- Betulia
- Bolívar
- Bucaramanga
- Cabrera
- California
- Capitanejo
- Carcasí
- Cepitá
- Cerrito
- Charalá
- Charta
- Chima
- Chipatá
- Cimitarra
- Concepción
- Confines
- Contratación
- Coromoro
- Curití
- El Carmen
- El Guacamayo
- El Peñón
- El Playón
- Encino
- Enciso
- Florián
- Floridablanca
- Galán
- Gámbita
- Girón
- Guaca
- Guadalupe
- Guapotá
- Guavatá
- Güepsa
- Hato
- Jesus María
- Jordán
- La Belleza
- Landázuri
- La Paz
- Lebrija
- Los Santos
- Macaravita
- Málaga
- Matanza
- Mogotes
- Molagavita
- Ocamonte
- Oiba
- Onzaga
- Palmar
- Palmas Socorro
- Páramo
- Piedecuesta
- Pinchote
- Puente Nacional
- Puerto Parra
- Puerto Wilches
- Rionegro
- Sabana de Torres
- San Andrés
- San Benito
- San Gil
- San Joaquín
- San José de Suaita
- San José de Miranda
- San Miguel
- San Vicente de Chucurí
- Santa Bárbara
- Santa Helena del Opón
- Simacota
- Socorro
- Sucre
- Suratá
- Tona
- Valle de San José
- Vélez
- Vetas
- Villanueva
- Zapatoca
6°00′N 73°15′W / 6.000°N 73.250°W / 6.000; -73.250
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