Santa Cruz de Lorica is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia.
Santa Cruz de Lorica
Loriquero/a | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Santa Cruz de Lorica in the Córdoba Department of Colombia. | |
  Santa Cruz de Lorica Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 9°13′54″N 75°49′11″W / 9.23167°N 75.81972°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Córdoba Department |
| Founded | 1740 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Francisco José Jattin Corrales |
| Area | |
• Municipality and town | 951 km2 (367 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 7.88 km2 (3.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2020 est.)[1] | |
• Municipality and town | 115,461 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 54,430 |
| • Urban density | 6,900/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Loriquero |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Area code | 57 + 4 |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
Lorica was named a Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) of Colombia in 2010. It is the only municipality near the Caribbean coast that was selected to be part of the Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio original cohort.[2]
As per 2020 estimates, the population of Santa Cruz de Lorica was 115,461, with a density ratio of 120 persons per square kilometer.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Lorica (Doctrina La), elevation 30 m (98 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.0 (89.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.4 (0.45) |
5.8 (0.23) |
22.2 (0.87) |
79.2 (3.12) |
175.8 (6.92) |
152.1 (5.99) |
174.7 (6.88) |
191.5 (7.54) |
191.9 (7.56) |
189.5 (7.46) |
126.9 (5.00) |
43.8 (1.72) |
1,326.9 (52.24) |
| Average precipitation days | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 105 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 84 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 238.7 | 194.8 | 198.4 | 153.0 | 133.3 | 141.0 | 173.6 | 167.4 | 141.0 | 142.6 | 156.0 | 198.4 | 2,038.2 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 7.7 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3] | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Lorica, elevation 30 m (98 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.4 (92.1) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.7 (90.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.3 (81.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 11.5 (0.45) |
13.4 (0.53) |
24.3 (0.96) |
93.9 (3.70) |
151.8 (5.98) |
145.4 (5.72) |
144.7 (5.70) |
173.5 (6.83) |
177.6 (6.99) |
152.0 (5.98) |
126.6 (4.98) |
38.7 (1.52) |
1,253.3 (49.34) |
| Average precipitation days | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 117 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 81 | 80 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 84 | 84 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- (in Spanish) Gobernacion de Cordoba - Santa Cruz de Lorica[dead link]
- (in Spanish) Santa Cruz de Lorica official website
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Santa Cruz de Lorica municipality
- ^ "GUÍA: Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio de Colombia" (PDF). Fondo Nacional de Turismo de la República de Colombia - FONTUR. Dec 2020. Retrieved 29 Mar 2021.
- ^ a b "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.
9°13′54″N 75°49′11″W / 9.23167°N 75.8197°W
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