Puerto Bolívar
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  Puerto Bolívar Location in La Guajira and Colombia Show map of La Guajira Department Puerto Bolívar Puerto Bolívar (Colombia) Show map of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 12°15′20″N 71°58′0.01″W / 12.25556°N 71.9666694°W / 12.25556; -71.9666694 | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | La Guajira Department |
| Municipality | Uribia Municipality |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Puerto Bolívar is a maritime port in the municipality of Uribia in the Guajira departmentofColombia. It is the largest Colombian port. The port is located in the south head of Bahia Portete, an area of permanent winds and low rainfall, 75 km (47 mi) north of the city of Uribia and 166 km (103 mi) of Riohacha.
The Port of Puerto Bolívar, was created by decree No. 995 of April 5, 1982 by the President of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, with the name of Harbormaster of Bahia Portete in order to consolidate the presence of the state in this region of Colombia and exercise sovereignty through maritime legislation on domestic and foreign motor ships that arrived and sailed from Puerto Bolivar and quays of Portete and Puerto Nuevo. In 1986 during the administration of President Belisario Betancur its name was changed to Harbormaster of Puerto Bolívar.
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Puerto Bolivar has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) with little to no rainfall in all months except September, October and November.
| Climate data for Puerto Bolivar | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.4 (88.5) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.8 (92.8) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.9 (91.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24.6 (76.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 4.8 (0.19) |
1.5 (0.06) |
2.6 (0.10) |
6.9 (0.27) |
27.3 (1.07) |
8.2 (0.32) |
11.0 (0.43) |
29.3 (1.15) |
60.2 (2.37) |
95.2 (3.75) |
53.5 (2.11) |
30.3 (1.19) |
330.8 (13.01) |
| Average rainy days | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 46 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 74 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 170.5 | 143.9 | 136.4 | 117.0 | 145.7 | 171.0 | 217.0 | 207.7 | 165.0 | 124.0 | 123.0 | 148.8 | 1,870 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 |
| Source: IDEAM[1] | |||||||||||||
