Miranda, Cauca

Miranda
Flag of Miranda
Official seal of Miranda
Location of the municipality and town of Miranda, Cauca in the Cauca Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Miranda, Cauca in the Cauca Department of Colombia.
CountryColombia
DepartmentCauca Department
Government
 • AlcaldeJosé Leonardo Valencia Narvaez (2016–2019)
Population
 (2020 est.[1])
 • Total
43,333
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
ClimateAw

Miranda is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia.

History

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It was on May 7, 1899, when Don Julio Fernández Medina founded the city, since then the community mixed among Afro-Descendant, Indigenous people, Mulattoes and from different regions have built one of the most prosperous towns in the department. Today Miranda has strengths in the agroindustrial field, and growth in the tourism sector, because the natural wealth framed in its rivers, makes natural spas suitable for national and foreign tourists. Precisely in this year – towards the month of October – the War of the Thousand Days broke out, that lived in the Municipality of Miranda, it was known with the name of Revolution of the Manigua, according to narration of the caloteño historian Mariano Sendoya.[2]

Climate

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Climate data for Miranda, elevation 1,128 m (3,701 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29.3
(84.7)
29.5
(85.1)
29.5
(85.1)
29.1
(84.4)
28.6
(83.5)
29.0
(84.2)
29.4
(84.9)
29.7
(85.5)
29.4
(84.9)
28.5
(83.3)
28.3
(82.9)
28.7
(83.7)
29.2
(84.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 23.5
(74.3)
23.6
(74.5)
23.6
(74.5)
23.5
(74.3)
23.4
(74.1)
23.5
(74.3)
23.6
(74.5)
23.9
(75.0)
23.6
(74.5)
23.2
(73.8)
23.1
(73.6)
23.3
(73.9)
23.5
(74.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 18.1
(64.6)
18.2
(64.8)
18.3
(64.9)
18.3
(64.9)
18.4
(65.1)
18.2
(64.8)
17.9
(64.2)
18.1
(64.6)
18.1
(64.6)
18.0
(64.4)
18.0
(64.4)
18.1
(64.6)
18.1
(64.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 118.8
(4.68)
118.0
(4.65)
155.5
(6.12)
203.0
(7.99)
120.4
(4.74)
73.6
(2.90)
55.6
(2.19)
45.1
(1.78)
117.6
(4.63)
221.9
(8.74)
213.8
(8.42)
123.1
(4.85)
1,554.3
(61.19)
Average precipitation days 12 11 15 17 17 13 11 9 13 19 17 14 164
Average relative humidity (%) 84 83 83 84 84 83 81 80 82 83 83 83 83
Mean monthly sunshine hours 148.8 127.0 124.0 105.0 105.4 114.0 139.5 139.5 114.0 114.7 117.0 127.1 1,476
Mean daily sunshine hours 4.8 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.8 4.5 4.5 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.0
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3]
Climate data for Miranda (Ing Cauca), elevation 1,000 m (3,300 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30.0
(86.0)
30.3
(86.5)
30.3
(86.5)
29.6
(85.3)
29.4
(84.9)
29.6
(85.3)
29.9
(85.8)
30.3
(86.5)
30.1
(86.2)
29.4
(84.9)
29.0
(84.2)
29.4
(84.9)
29.8
(85.6)
Daily mean °C (°F) 23.6
(74.5)
23.7
(74.7)
23.6
(74.5)
23.4
(74.1)
23.4
(74.1)
23.5
(74.3)
23.6
(74.5)
23.8
(74.8)
23.5
(74.3)
23.2
(73.8)
22.9
(73.2)
23.3
(73.9)
23.5
(74.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 18.6
(65.5)
18.8
(65.8)
18.7
(65.7)
19.1
(66.4)
19.1
(66.4)
18.8
(65.8)
18.2
(64.8)
18.0
(64.4)
18.2
(64.8)
18.5
(65.3)
18.8
(65.8)
18.7
(65.7)
18.6
(65.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 98.2
(3.87)
102.6
(4.04)
143.6
(5.65)
206.6
(8.13)
158.1
(6.22)
101.3
(3.99)
71.6
(2.82)
67.3
(2.65)
123.7
(4.87)
182.1
(7.17)
182.6
(7.19)
113.3
(4.46)
1,518
(59.8)
Average precipitation days 10 11 14 17 16 12 9 9 12 17 16 13 150
Average relative humidity (%) 79 79 79 81 81 80 77 77 78 80 82 81 79
Mean monthly sunshine hours 167.4 149.6 145.7 132.0 136.4 138.0 161.2 164.3 138.0 145.7 144.0 151.9 1,774.2
Mean daily sunshine hours 5.4 5.3 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.6 5.2 5.3 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.9
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005". Retrieved April 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Miranda, Cauca, celebra sus 113 años de fundación". Proclama del Cauca (In Spanish). Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2024.

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