Yopal

Yopal (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝoˈpal]) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia and the second most populated and important city in the Orinoquía region after Villavicencio.^[3]

Yopal
Municipality and town
Top: Yopal from the Chamber of Commerce, Second: Cultural center, Third: El Alcaraván Airport, Four: Nunchía Avenue
Flag Seal
Location of the municipality and town of Yopal in the Casanare Department of Colombia.
Yopal Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 5°21′0″N 72°24′36″W
Country	Colombia
Region	Orinoquía Region
Department	Casanare Department
Founded	1915
Area
• Municipality and town	2,483 km2 (959 sq mi)
• Urban	25.09 km2 (9.69 sq mi)
Elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
Population  (2024[1][2])
• Municipality and town	194,079
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym	Yopaleño
Time zone	UTC-05 (Colombia Standard Time)
Postal code	850001-9
Area code	57 + 8
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

History

Before the period of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the land on which Yopal stands was occupied by the indigenous Achagua people. The name Yopal descends from the region's abundance of Anadenanthera peregrina, often otherwise called yopo.

Geographic information

Skyline of Yopal from the Cerro Buena vista (Buena Vista Hill)

• Population: 191.133 inhabitants
• Elevation: 350 metres or 1,150 feet
• Area: 2,771 square kilometres or 1,070 square miles
• Distance from Bogotá: 387 kilometres or 240 miles
• Median temperature: 26 °C or 78.8 °F

Born in Yopal

• Camila Avella, Model and Miss Universe Colombia 2023
• Jeffry Romero, professional cyclist
• Andres Badillo Entrepreneur
• Mechs, streamer of League of Legends

Climate

Yopal has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Although it borders closely on a tropical savanna climate (Aw), Yopal’s climate is much more typical of a tropical monsoon climate in having a short but distinct dry season that covers the months of December to March, and a very long wet season covering the remaining eight months.

Climate data for Yopal (El Alcaraván Airport), elevation 325 m (1,066 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.8 (91.0)	33.7 (92.7)	33.4 (92.1)	31.5 (88.7)	30.5 (86.9)	29.5 (85.1)	29.4 (84.9)	30.1 (86.2)	30.8 (87.4)	31.0 (87.8)	31.3 (88.3)	31.9 (89.4)	31.2 (88.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	28.2 (82.8)	28.7 (83.7)	28.5 (83.3)	26.6 (79.9)	25.7 (78.3)	25.1 (77.2)	24.9 (76.8)	25.4 (77.7)	26.0 (78.8)	26.2 (79.2)	26.7 (80.1)	27.2 (81.0)	26.4 (79.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23.3 (73.9)	23.8 (74.8)	24.0 (75.2)	23.0 (73.4)	22.6 (72.7)	21.9 (71.4)	21.6 (70.9)	21.7 (71.1)	22.1 (71.8)	22.2 (72.0)	22.8 (73.0)	22.8 (73.0)	22.6 (72.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	9.6 (0.38)	53.7 (2.11)	101.3 (3.99)	262.6 (10.34)	360.1 (14.18)	324.5 (12.78)	330.4 (13.01)	276.5 (10.89)	270.3 (10.64)	238.7 (9.40)	134.3 (5.29)	28.2 (1.11)	2,390.1 (94.10)
Average precipitation days	2	4	8	16	19	20	20	20	15	16	11	4	147
Average relative humidity (%)	60	61	64	78	82	84	83	81	80	78	76	69	75
Mean monthly sunshine hours	251.1	194.8	155.0	126.0	139.5	123.0	136.4	145.7	165.0	176.7	189.0	238.7	2,040.9
Mean daily sunshine hours	8.1	6.9	5.0	4.2	4.5	4.1	4.4	4.7	5.5	5.7	6.3	7.7	5.6
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[4]

References

1. "INFORMACIÓN CAPITAL" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-28.
2. Telefónicas, Telencuestas-Encuestas. "Cuántos habitantes tiene Yopal, Casanare en 2023". Telencuestas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
3. Espectador, El (2023-07-23). "ELESPECTADOR.COM". ELESPECTADOR.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
4. "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) Yopal official website
• (in Spanish) La Voz de Yopal (Radio)