Piendamó, Cauca

Piendamó is a municipality in the department of Cauca in southwestern Colombia.

Piendamó
Municipality and town
Church of Piendamó
Flag Seal
Location of Piendamó in Cauca
Coordinates: 2°38′26.9″N 76°31′42.2″W
Country	Colombia
Department	Cauca
Province	Central
Founded	2 April 1924
Founded by	Pedro Antonio Sandoval
Government
• Mayor	Victor Isaac Valencia Sandoval (2016-2019)
Area
• Municipality and town	197 km2 (76 sq mi)
• Urban	30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation	1,685 m (5,528 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Municipality and town	44,535
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
• Urban	14,696
• Urban density	490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Climate	Cfb
Website	Official website

History

The town of Piendamó was founded by Pedro Antonio Sandoval on April 2, 1525.

Piendamó was formerly called Tunía and as such an encomienda of the conquistadors Sebastian de Belalcázar, Francisco Arévalo, Pedro Matta and Pedro de Velasco.

In 1917, the construction of the railway line that would link the city of Cali with the city of Popayán began, approving the layout for the site where Piendamó is today. At the beginning of 1924 the first locomotives arrived in this town and with them a large number of merchants, immigrants and settlers from the department of Valle del Cauca and the coffee region.

Description

The municipality is located in the Cauca Basin in the valley of the Cauca River at an altitude of 1,685 metres (5,528 ft) above mean sea level. It borders Silvia in the east, Morales in the west, Caldono in the north and Cajibio in the south.^[1]

Named after Piendamó

• Piendamó River
• Piendamó Fault

Climate

Climate data for Piendamó (Tunia), elevation 1,800 m (5,900 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	23.6 (74.5)	23.9 (75.0)	23.8 (74.8)	23.6 (74.5)	23.6 (74.5)	23.7 (74.7)	24.4 (75.9)	25.0 (77.0)	24.4 (75.9)	23.6 (74.5)	23.0 (73.4)	23.1 (73.6)	23.8 (74.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	19.0 (66.2)	19.0 (66.2)	19.0 (66.2)	19.1 (66.4)	18.9 (66.0)	19.2 (66.6)	19.4 (66.9)	19.7 (67.5)	19.3 (66.7)	18.9 (66.0)	18.6 (65.5)	18.7 (65.7)	19.1 (66.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	14.2 (57.6)	14.5 (58.1)	14.7 (58.5)	14.9 (58.8)	14.8 (58.6)	14.5 (58.1)	14.0 (57.2)	14.0 (57.2)	14.0 (57.2)	14.2 (57.6)	14.4 (57.9)	14.4 (57.9)	14.4 (57.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	192.0 (7.56)	221.9 (8.74)	226.0 (8.90)	242.6 (9.55)	172.6 (6.80)	79.6 (3.13)	61.2 (2.41)	47.7 (1.88)	102.9 (4.05)	221.2 (8.71)	260.3 (10.25)	257.4 (10.13)	2,046 (80.55)
Average precipitation days	18	17	21	22	19	14	10	8	13	21	22	22	204
Average relative humidity (%)	82	84	84	85	85	83	81	78	80	83	85	85	83
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2]

References

1. (in Spanish) Official website Piendamó
2. "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.