Puerto Salgar
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Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
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  Puerto Salgar Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 5°30′N 74°35′W / 5.500°N 74.583°W / 5.500; -74.583 | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Cundinamarca |
| Area | |
| • Municipality and town | 515.9 km2 (199.2 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1.98 km2 (0.76 sq mi) |
| Population
(Census 2018[1])
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| • Municipality and town | 15,019 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,082 |
| • Urban density | 5,600/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Puerto Salgar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto salˈɣaɾ]) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the northwestern part of the departmentofCundinamarca. It came to international attention when the US ambassador in Colombia announced the Palanquero Air Base had entered a recertification process, possibly in order to host US military personnel as a replacement to the Manta Air Base. As of July 2009, negotiations were ongoing.[2]
On 29 December 2015, Puerto Salgar recorded a temperature of 45.0 °C (113.0 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Colombia.[3]
| Climate data for Puerto Salgar (Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base), elevation 172 m (564 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.1 (91.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 28.6 (83.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.7 (85.5) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.7 (83.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 86.2 (3.39) |
92.1 (3.63) |
143.6 (5.65) |
232.7 (9.16) |
232.8 (9.17) |
106.3 (4.19) |
82.9 (3.26) |
98.5 (3.88) |
182.5 (7.19) |
296.0 (11.65) |
247.5 (9.74) |
147.8 (5.82) |
1,948.7 (76.72) |
| Average precipitation days | 9 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 155 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 73 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 139.5 | 112.9 | 117.8 | 138.0 | 161.2 | 156.0 | 189.1 | 186.0 | 162.0 | 155.0 | 150.0 | 139.5 | 1,807 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[4] | |||||||||||||
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