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Municipality in Andean Region, Colombia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alejandría (Spanish for the name Alexandria) is a town and municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is part of the sub-region of Eastern Antioquia and is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Concepción, Santo Domingo and San Roque, on the east by the municipality of San Rafael, on the south by the municipalities of San Rafael and Guatapé, and on the west by the municipalities of El Penol and Concepción. Its capital is 90 kilometers from the city of Medellin, the capital of Antioquia department. The municipality has an area of 149 km2.
Alejandría | |
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Municipality | |
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![]() Location of the municipality of Alejandría in the Antioquia Department | |
Coordinates: 6°22′37″N 75°08′28″W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Andean Region |
Department | ![]() |
Subregion | Eastern |
As is the case with much of eastern Antioquia, what is today Alejandria was originally inhabited by the Tahamí people.
Alejandria was founded by Don Alejandro Osorio, Mrs. Procesa Delgado, Don Salvador Cordoba and Mr. Climaco Jaramillo in 1886. By 1889 were erected the village to the township of the municipality category of Guatapé by agreement of February 20 that year.
Unlike what happened with almost all the municipalities of Antioquia, which were created by orders from departmental entities, the creation of Alejandria as a municipality was initiated by presidential decree from Bogota. President Reyes agreed to the requests, and by decree 304 of March 1907, created the town of Alejandria.
Alejandria is divided into 15 Veredas:
Alejandria has a cool tropical rainforest climate (Af) due to altitude. It has very heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Alejandría, elevation 1,660 m (5,450 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) | 24.5 (76.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 178.6 (7.03) |
193.0 (7.60) |
302.1 (11.89) |
439.6 (17.31) |
505.6 (19.91) |
433.3 (17.06) |
400.4 (15.76) |
447.7 (17.63) |
568.9 (22.40) |
545.6 (21.48) |
348.6 (13.72) |
216.0 (8.50) |
4,579.2 (180.28) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 260 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 88 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 88 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 145.7 | 127.0 | 117.8 | 114.0 | 142.6 | 144.0 | 186.0 | 201.5 | 156.0 | 136.4 | 126.0 | 133.3 | 1,730.3 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[1] |
Population Total: 4.657 inhabitants. (2018)[2]
Literacy: 99.4% (2005)[3]
According to figures submitted by the DANE of the census 2005, composition ethnographic[3] the municipality is:
It has multiple access roads from Medellin city to the municipality of Alejandria:
Natural heritage
Historical and artistic heritage
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