Dabeiba
Municipality and town in Antioquia Department, Colombia
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Dabeiba (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβejβa]) is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. The population was 22,717 at the 2018 census. The Battle of Dabeiba took place there in October 2000.[2]
Dabeiba | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Dabeiba in the Antioquia Department of Colombia | |
  Dabeiba Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 7°0′5″N 76°15′40″W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Antioquia Department |
| Subregion | Western |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,883 km2 (727 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population (Census 2018[1]) | |
• Total | 22,717 |
| • Density | 12.06/km2 (31.25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
Dabeiba has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with very heavy rainfall most of the year and a drier season from January to March, when there is still between 90 and 110 millimetres (3.5 and 4.3 in) of rain. The climate is markedly less extreme than the core of the Chocó to its south, receiving less than half the rainfall of such towns as Andagoya, Quibdó or Buenaventura.
| Climate data for Dabeiba | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.7 (87.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.3 (86.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.6 (78.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.0 (68.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 95 (3.7) |
91 (3.6) |
108 (4.3) |
274 (10.8) |
342 (13.5) |
331 (13.0) |
319 (12.6) |
359 (14.1) |
349 (13.7) |
385 (15.2) |
299 (11.8) |
209 (8.2) |
3,161 (124.5) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
