Vetas
Municipality and town in Santander Department, Colombia
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Vetas is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia, it is the only mainly Orthodox Christian town in Colombia. Vetas is also the highest municipality in Colombia measuring by altitude above sea level.
Vetas | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
View of Vetas | |
.svg) Flag .svg) Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Vetas in the Santander Department of Colombia. | |
| Coordinates: 7.3334° N, 72.8667° W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Santander Department |
| Vetasi | 1551 |
| Government | |
| • Alcaldesa (Mayor Femenine) | Angela Garcia |
| Area | |
| 92.42 km2 (35.68 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 92.42 km2 (35.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,657 m (11,998 ft) |
| Population | |
| 2,114 | |
| • Urban | 2,114 (2,020) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Climate
Vetas has an alpine tundra climate (ET) with moderate to light rainfall and very cool weather year-round.
| Climate data for Vetas | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
13.1 (55.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.7 (54.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
7.8 (46.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
8.3 (46.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
4.8 (40.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 23.5 (0.93) |
34.7 (1.37) |
58.9 (2.32) |
132.3 (5.21) |
121.7 (4.79) |
61.9 (2.44) |
44.9 (1.77) |
69.0 (2.72) |
104.7 (4.12) |
129.5 (5.10) |
93.4 (3.68) |
32.1 (1.26) |
906.6 (35.71) |
| Average rainy days | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 123 |
| Source 1: [1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: [2] | |||||||||||||
