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'''Puerto Arica''' is a town and municipality in the [[Colombia]]n [[Departments of Colombia|Department]] of [[Amazonas |
'''Puerto Arica''' is a town and municipality in the [[Colombia]]n [[Departments of Colombia|Department]] of [[Amazonas (Colombian department)|Amazonas]]. As of 2015, the population of Puerto Arica was 1,350. |
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==History== |
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Originally founded by Peruvian refugees from the [[War of the Pacific]], it was awarded to Colombia after the signing of the July 1922 [[Salomón-Lozano Treaty]].<ref name=porras>{{cite book |last=Porras Barrenechea |first=Raúl |author-link=Raúl Porras Barrenechea |title= Historia de los límites del Perú |url= http://www.banrepcultural.org/sites/default/files/89740/brblaa459461.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106111728/http://www.banrepcultural.org/sites/default/files/89740/brblaa459461.pdf |archive-date=6 November 2014 |publisher= Librería Francesa Científica y Casa Editorial E. Rosay|pages=79–80}}</ref><ref name="Lautaro">{{cite book| author = Núñez Atencio, Lautaro y Maldonado Prieto, Carlos| title = Reseña bibliográfica: El Dios Cautivo. Las Ligas Patrióticas en la chilenización compulsiva de Tarapacá (1910-1922), Sergio González Miranda, LOM Ediciones, Santiago, 2004| year = 2005| publisher = Chungará (Arica), [[Universidad de Tarapacá]]| volume = 37| number = 1| issn = 0717-7356| id = [http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0717-73562005000100010&script=sci_arttext]}}</ref> These refugees would later resettle in the [[Puerto Arica (Maynas)|settlement of the same name]] in northern [[Peru]]. |
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== Transportation == |
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The municipality is served by [[Arica Airport (Colombia)|Arica Airport]]. |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 10:39, 18 April 2024
Puerto Arica | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Location of the county of Puerto Arica | |
  Puerto Arica Location of the town of Puerto Arica | |
| Coordinates: 2°8′53″S 71°45′12″W / 2.14806°S 71.75333°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | .svg){kind=small} Amazonas Department |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 1,350 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Af |
Puerto Arica is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Amazonas. As of 2015, the population of Puerto Arica was 1,350.
History[edit]
Originally founded by Peruvian refugees from the War of the Pacific, it was awarded to Colombia after the signing of the July 1922 Salomón-Lozano Treaty.[1][2] These refugees would later resettle in the settlement of the same name in northern Peru.
Climate[edit]
Puerto Arica has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Puerto Arica | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.6 (85.3) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.8 (87.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 269.9 (10.63) |
276.3 (10.88) |
355.9 (14.01) |
430.7 (16.96) |
254.8 (10.03) |
205.5 (8.09) |
221.8 (8.73) |
144.6 (5.69) |
159.3 (6.27) |
204.2 (8.04) |
224.6 (8.84) |
248.7 (9.79) |
2,996.3 (117.96) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 13 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 166 |
| Source 1: IDEAM[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Climate-Data.org[4] | |||||||||||||
Transportation[edit]
The municipality is served by Arica Airport.
References[edit]
- ^ Porras Barrenechea, Raúl. Historia de los límites del Perú (PDF). Librería Francesa Científica y Casa Editorial E. Rosay. pp. 79–80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2014.
- ^ Núñez Atencio, Lautaro y Maldonado Prieto, Carlos (2005). Reseña bibliográfica: El Dios Cautivo. Las Ligas Patrióticas en la chilenización compulsiva de Tarapacá (1910-1922), Sergio González Miranda, LOM Ediciones, Santiago, 2004. Vol. 37. Chungará (Arica), Universidad de Tarapacá. ISSN 0717-7356. [1].
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Data". www.ideam.gov.co. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ "Climate: Puerto Arica". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
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