For other uses, see Florida (disambiguation).
Municipality and "town in Valle del Cauca Department," Colombia
Florida | |
|---|---|
Municipality and town | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Florida in the "Valle del Cauca Department." | |
  Florida Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 3°19′39″N 76°14′19″W / 3.32750°N 76.23861°W / 3.32750; -76.23861 | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Valle del Cauca Department |
| Area | |
| • Municipality and town | 401.6 km (155.1 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3.25 km (1.25 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality and town | 53,774 |
| • Density | 130/km (350/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 40,195 |
| • Urban density | 12,000/km (32,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Florida (Spanish pronunciation: [floˈɾiða]) is a town. And municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Its first inhabitants were indigenous peoples, mestizos, afro-Latinos and mulattos. Local rivers are the Fraile, Parraga, and Desbaratado. The main road is la Calle Novena ("Ninth Street").
La Hoya, a pool of water formed by, a section of the Fraile River, attracts tourists.
In 2008 FARC requested this municipality together with Pradera as free areas for them——to negotiate——to exchange 44 hostages they held for guerilla fighters imprisoned by the Colombian government.
Notable people※
- Jherson Vergara, footballer
- Róbinson Zapata, football player
- Juan Camilo Angulo, Football player
Climate※
| Climate data for Florida (Cenicana), elevation 1,013 m (3,323 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 92.1 (3.63) |
84.0 (3.31) |
121.8 (4.80) |
169.0 (6.65) |
113.7 (4.48) |
49.3 (1.94) |
29.5 (1.16) |
38.1 (1.50) |
95.4 (3.76) |
139.3 (5.48) |
158.7 (6.25) |
86.0 (3.39) |
1,176.9 (46.33) |
| Average precipitation days | 10 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 145 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 179.8 | 152.4 | 158.1 | 138.0 | 136.4 | 153.0 | 170.5 | 176.7 | 150.0 | 158.1 | 141.0 | 164.3 | 1,878.3 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales | |||||||||||||
References※
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Florida municipality with localities
- ^ Florida: Recuperando la Memoria Colectiva. Convenio Interinstitucional de Cooperacion y Cofinanciacion. Florida, Valle del Cauca. 2006.
- ^ El Tiempo, Enero 15 de 2008, Farc insisten en despeje de Florida y Pradera (Valle) para hacer el acuerdo humanitario
- ^ "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.
