Tutunendo

Tutunendo is a Colombian district of the municipality of Quibdó , located in the department of Chocó . It is located 14 km from Quibdó , on the Quibdó - Medellín road. Declared a site of greater rainfall and Biodiversity. Its economic activities are: Agriculture, fishing, exploitation and extraction of minerals and wood resources and tourism in the weekend season by tourists, mostly from the city of Quibdó.

Tutunendó
Tutunendó
Location in Chocó and Colombia
Tutunendó
Tutunendó (Colombia)
Coordinates: 5°44′37.0″N 76°32′16.1″W
Country Colombia
DepartmentChocó
MunicipalityQuibdó Municipality
Elevation
177 ft (54 m)
Population
 (2005)
  Total1,764[1]
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

The township of Tutunendo ( Quibdó municipality ) is part of the Chocó Biogeographic and has an area of 43 square kilometers where much of the biodiversity is housed as it is a humid rain forest, which has made the area considered the main tourist center of the municipality of Quibdó, as an appropriate place for recreation and research for environmental entities.

Climate

Tutunendo has an extremely wet tropical rainforest climate (Af). It is one of the wettest places on earth.

Climate data for Tutunendo
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 30.0
(86.0)
30.3
(86.5)
30.6
(87.1)
30.8
(87.4)
31.1
(88.0)
30.9
(87.6)
31.1
(88.0)
31.2
(88.2)
30.9
(87.6)
30.5
(86.9)
30.3
(86.5)
29.8
(85.6)
30.6
(87.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.4
(79.5)
26.7
(80.1)
26.9
(80.4)
26.9
(80.4)
27.0
(80.6)
26.8
(80.2)
26.8
(80.2)
26.8
(80.2)
26.5
(79.7)
26.3
(79.3)
26.2
(79.2)
26.2
(79.2)
26.6
(79.9)
Average low °C (°F) 23.4
(74.1)
23.4
(74.1)
23.5
(74.3)
23.6
(74.5)
23.5
(74.3)
23.3
(73.9)
23.1
(73.6)
23.1
(73.6)
23.1
(73.6)
23.0
(73.4)
23.1
(73.6)
23.3
(73.9)
23.3
(73.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 874.2
(34.42)
743.8
(29.28)
764.8
(30.11)
962.8
(37.91)
1,062.9
(41.85)
1,003.3
(39.50)
1,070.9
(42.16)
1,092.5
(43.01)
1,073.7
(42.27)
1,019.4
(40.13)
1,020.6
(40.18)
907.2
(35.72)
11,596.1
(456.54)
Average rainy days 20 17 18 21 22 21 23 24 23 22 24 22 257
Source: [2]

References

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