Amagá

For other uses, see Amaga (disambiguation).

Amagá (Spanish pronunciation: [amaˈɣa]) is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia. The area was known for its coal and iron ore production and it hosted early iron works.^[1] Ex-Colombian president Belisario Betancur was born in this location. As of 2015, the population comprised 29,555 people.

Amagá
Municipality and town
Emiro Kastos park in Amagá
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Location of the municipality and town of Amagá in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Amagá Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 6°03′N 75°42′W
Country	Colombia
Department	Antioquia Department
Subregion	Southwestern
Area
• Total	84 km2 (32 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	29,555
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Notable places

The Forge (La Ferrería) produced the first steel in Antioquia and operated from 1864 to 1931. Its ruins are now a Rural National Monument.^[2] There is also a very famous touristic place which is called "El viaducto" (the path). ^{[citation needed]}

Climate

Climate data for Amagá
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F	81.9	82.8	83.8	82.9	81.7	81.7	82.9	82.2	81.1	80.1	79.7	79.9	81.7
Daily mean °F	71.1	72.0	73.2	73.0	72.3	71.8	72.1	71.8	70.9	70.7	70.5	70.2	71.6
Mean daily minimum °F	60.4	61.2	62.6	63.1	63.1	61.9	61.5	61.3	60.8	61.3	61.3	60.6	61.6
Average precipitation inches	3.0	3.6	5.1	8.5	10.7	8.0	6.7	8.1	8.3	10.9	8.7	4.5	86.1
Mean daily maximum °C	27.7	28.2	28.8	28.3	27.6	27.6	28.3	27.9	27.3	26.7	26.5	26.6	27.6
Daily mean °C	21.7	22.2	22.9	22.8	22.4	22.1	22.3	22.1	21.6	21.5	21.4	21.2	22.0
Mean daily minimum °C	15.8	16.2	17.0	17.3	17.3	16.6	16.4	16.3	16.0	16.3	16.3	15.9	16.5
Average precipitation mm	76	92	130	215	273	202	169	206	212	276	221	115	2,187
Source: climate-data.org[3]

Notes

1. Bell, P. L. (1921) Colombia: A Commercial and Industrial Handbook (Special Agents Series #206) Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, United States Department of Commerce, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., page 234]
2. "Amagá: Atractivos Naturales y Recreativos"^{[permanent dead link]} Cotelco (Asociación Hotelera de Colombia), in Spanish, accessed 17 June 2010
3. "Clima Amagá: Temperatura, Climograma y Tabla climática para Amagá". Climate-Data.org. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-08.

External links

• (in Spanish) Amaga official website