Paratebueno
Paratebueno | |
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Municipality and town | |
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Flag Seal | |
Location of the municipality and town of Gómez Plata in the Antioquia Department of Colombia | |
Paratebueno Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°22′31″N 73°12′47″W / 4.37528°N 73.21306°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Population (2015) | |
• Total | 7,726 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Paratebueno is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is 90 km (56 mi) outside the capital city of Bogotá.
Population
There were 8,043 residents as of the 2018 census, updated November 2019.[1]
Earthquake
On June 8, 2025, Paratebueno was the epicenter of a 6.4 magnitude earthquake.[2] Hundreds of homes, as well as multiple schools and churches, were damaged in the Santa Cecilia area of Paratebueno and in the nearby town of Medina.[3]
Climate
Paratebueno has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with heavy to very heavy rainfall in all months except January.
| Climate data for Paratebueno (Japon El), elevation 280 m (920 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.6 (90.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.9 (87.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 51.6 (2.03) |
102.5 (4.04) |
170.8 (6.72) |
450.6 (17.74) |
560.1 (22.05) |
482.1 (18.98) |
446.2 (17.57) |
346.0 (13.62) |
338.2 (13.31) |
418.6 (16.48) |
328.0 (12.91) |
119.4 (4.70) |
3,753.2 (147.76) |
| Average precipitation days | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 203 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 67 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 82 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 76 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 173.6 | 141.2 | 111.6 | 99.0 | 108.5 | 93.0 | 108.5 | 127.1 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 144.0 | 161.2 | 1,572.7 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.6 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Información general: Paratebueno: Población total 2018". sitios.dane.gov.co (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ^ "Vías rotas y colapso de viviendas dejó el temblor en Paratebueno y más municipios". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2025-06-08. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
- ^ "Temblor en Paratebueno: 80% de las viviendas en Santa Cecilia tienen pérdida total". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2025-06-09. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
External links
- (in Spanish) Paratebueno official website