Urrao

Municipality & Town in Antioquia Department, Colombia

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Location of the municipality of Urrao, Antioquia in the Antioquia Department of Colombia

6°19′0.7″N 76°8′4.19″W / 6.316861°N 76.1344972°W / 6.316861; -76.1344972Country

ColombiaDepartment

Antioquia DepartmentSubregionSouthwesternFoundedJune 12 of 1781Area

• Municipality & Town2,556 km² (987 sq mi)Elevation

1,830 m (6,004 ft)Population

(2015)

• Municipality & Town44,648 • Urban

17,401 • Metro density17.47/km² (45.2/sq mi)Demonym(s)Urraeño, -aTime zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)Websitehttp://www.urrao-antioquia.gov.co

Urrao is a town and municipality of Colombia, located in the subregion southwest of the department of Antioquia. Limited by the north with the municipalities of Frontino and Abriaquí, in the east with the municipalities of Abriaquí, Caicedo, Anzá, Betulia and Salgar, and in the south and west with Vigía del Fuerte and the department of Chocó. It is the second largest municipality in the department. As of 2015, the population comprised 44,648 people. Professional cyclist Rigoberto Urán was born and raised here.^[1]

Climate

The climate is warm and temperate in Urrao. There is significant rainfall throughout the year in Urrao. Even the driest month still has a lot of rainfall. According to Köppen and Geiger, this climate is classified as Cfb. The average temperature in Urrao is 15.7 °C | 60.3 °F. About 7573 mm | 298.1 inch of precipitation falls annually.

Climate data for Urrao
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	18.8 (65.8)	20.2 (68.4)	20.5 (68.9)	20.2 (68.4)	19.8 (67.6)	20 (68)	20.2 (68.4)	20.5 (68.9)	20.1 (68.2)	19.3 (66.7)	18.9 (66.0)	19.3 (66.7)	19.8 (67.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	12.6 (54.7)	12.8 (55.0)	12.1 (53.8)	13.4 (56.1)	13.5 (56.3)	13 (55)	12.7 (54.9)	12.7 (54.9)	12.8 (55.0)	13.1 (55.6)	13.1 (55.6)	12.9 (55.2)	12.9 (55.2)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	415 (16.3)	412 (16.2)	532 (20.9)	605 (23.8)	729 (28.7)	678 (26.7)	740 (29.1)	809 (31.9)	788 (31.0)	729 (28.7)	662 (26.1)	474 (18.7)	7,573 (298.1)
Source: Climate-Data.org^[2]

References

^ "¿Qué sería de Rigo sin Urrao?". Señal Colombia. Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ "Climate: Urrao". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

Antioquia Department

Capital: Medellín

Regions
and
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