Saldaña, Tolima
Municipality and town in Tolima Department, Colombia
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Saldaña is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. Saldaña is where nearly 30% of Colombian rice is grown, and most of them work in the rice business. The population of the municipality was 14,329 as of the 2017 census.
Saldaña, Colombia | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Saldaña, Colombia in the Tolima Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Tolima Department |
| Government | |
| • mayor | Jorge Lozano Arciniegas |
| Area | |
• Total | 214 km2 (83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 14,329 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
| Climate data for Saldaña (Jabalcon), elevation 425 m (1,394 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) | 33.0 (91.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.9 (94.8) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.0 (82.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 94.0 (3.70) |
115.5 (4.55) |
150.4 (5.92) |
209.2 (8.24) |
167.2 (6.58) |
58.6 (2.31) |
49.1 (1.93) |
47.1 (1.85) |
116.7 (4.59) |
198.0 (7.80) |
178.2 (7.02) |
131.4 (5.17) |
1,515.5 (59.67) |
| Average precipitation days | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 123 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 76 | 73 | 68 | 63 | 67 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 73 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 207.7 | 166.6 | 158.1 | 147.0 | 155.0 | 159.0 | 179.8 | 182.9 | 171.0 | 179.8 | 174.0 | 195.3 | 2,076.2 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 6.7 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2] | |||||||||||||