Ambalema
Municipality and town in Tolima Department, Colombia
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Ambalema is a municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of Ambalema was 7,277 as of the 1993 census.
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Ambalema | |
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Municipality and town | |
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Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Ambalema in the Tolima Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Tolima Department |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Juan Carlos Chavarro Rojas |
| Area | |
• Total | 239 km2 (92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 6,683 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
| Climate data for Ambalema (Salto El), elevation 450 m (1,480 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) | 34.3 (93.7) |
34.4 (93.9) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.5 (95.9) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.9 (94.8) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.3 (91.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 29.0 (84.2) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.2 (73.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.2 (2.21) |
73.7 (2.90) |
97.9 (3.85) |
194.5 (7.66) |
170.9 (6.73) |
59.9 (2.36) |
44.8 (1.76) |
78.7 (3.10) |
160.9 (6.33) |
192.2 (7.57) |
136.2 (5.36) |
83.5 (3.29) |
1,347.3 (53.04) |
| Average precipitation days | 6 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 129 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 195.3 | 160.9 | 148.8 | 147.0 | 167.4 | 171.0 | 198.4 | 195.3 | 174.0 | 167.4 | 168.0 | 182.9 | 2,076.4 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 6.3 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[1] | |||||||||||||
