Mocoa

Mocoa (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈko.a]) (Kamsá: Shatjok^[2]) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia.

Mocoa
Municipality and city
Plaza Central Mocoa in 2013
Flag Seal
Nickname:  The Head of Putumayo
Location of the town and municipality of Mocoa in Putumayo Department.
Coordinates: 1°09′0″N 76°38′51″W
Country	Colombia
Region	Amazonía Region
Department	Putumayo
Foundation	March 6, 1551
Government
• Mayor	Jose Antonio Castro
Area
• Municipality and city	1,305 km2 (504 sq mi)
• Urban	5.61 km2 (2.17 sq mi)
Elevation	604 m (1,982 ft)
Population  (2018 census)[1]
• Municipality and city	56,398
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
• Urban	38,457
• Urban density	6,900/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05 (Eastern Time Zone)

The city is located in the northwest of the Putumayo department. The municipality borders the departments of Nariño to the west and Cauca to the north.

On March 31, 2017, mudslides in Mocoa left more than 254^[3] people dead, and hundreds missing.^[4]

Climate

Climate data for Mocoa (Mocoa Acueducto), elevation 650 m (2,130 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27.5 (81.5)	27.6 (81.7)	27.2 (81.0)	27.2 (81.0)	26.5 (79.7)	25.8 (78.4)	26.1 (79.0)	26.7 (80.1)	27.7 (81.9)	28.3 (82.9)	28.1 (82.6)	27.9 (82.2)	27.2 (81.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	23.4 (74.1)	23.4 (74.1)	23.2 (73.8)	23.0 (73.4)	22.6 (72.7)	22.0 (71.6)	21.9 (71.4)	22.3 (72.1)	23.0 (73.4)	23.3 (73.9)	23.4 (74.1)	23.4 (74.1)	22.9 (73.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20.3 (68.5)	20.5 (68.9)	20.4 (68.7)	20.4 (68.7)	20.2 (68.4)	19.7 (67.5)	19.3 (66.7)	19.4 (66.9)	19.8 (67.6)	20.3 (68.5)	20.5 (68.9)	20.6 (69.1)	20.1 (68.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	200.6 (7.90)	227.1 (8.94)	273.1 (10.75)	383.5 (15.10)	442.3 (17.41)	473.5 (18.64)	411.3 (16.19)	348.0 (13.70)	296.3 (11.67)	237.2 (9.34)	236.0 (9.29)	214.8 (8.46)	3,656.3 (143.95)
Average precipitation days	19	19	23	24	26	26	25	23	20	21	20	21	260
Average relative humidity (%)	85	84	86	86	87	88	87	84	82	82	83	85	85
Mean monthly sunshine hours	99.2	84.7	80.6	81.0	74.4	66.0	74.4	93.0	108.0	117.8	108.0	111.6	1,098.7
Mean daily sunshine hours	3.2	3.0	2.6	2.7	2.4	2.2	2.4	3.0	3.6	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.0
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[5]

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of Mocoa municipality with localities
2. O'Brien, Colleen Alena (2018). A Grammatical Description of Kamsá, A Language Isolate of Colombia (PDF).
3. Brodzinsky, Sibylla (2017-04-02). "Colombia landslide leaves at least 254 dead and hundreds missing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
4. Brocchetto, Marilia; Ramos, Fernando; Sanchez, Ray. "Mudslides kill more than 200 people in Colombia". CNN. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
5. "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

External links

• (in Spanish) Mocoa official website
• (in Spanish) Mocoa official website 2
• (in Spanish) Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website