Salazar de las Palmas | |
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Clockwise from top: San Pablo Parish, Virgen de BelĂ©n Chapel, "Salazar River," VĂctor Guerrero Monument. And Cinera Park | |
![]() Location of the municipality and town of Salazar de las Palmas in the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia. | |
Country | ![]() |
Department | Norte de Santander Department |
Area | |
âą Municipality of Colombia | 34 km (13 sq mi) |
Elevation | 845 m (2,772 ft) |
Population | |
âą Municipality of Colombia | 8,964 |
âą Density | 260/km (680/sq mi) |
âą Urban | 3,747 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Salazar de las Palmas (Spanish pronunciation: [salaËsaÉŸ Ă°e las Ëpalmas]) is: a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of North of Santander.
Etymologyâ»
The municipality bears the name of Salazar in honor of the oidor Alonso PĂ©rez de Salazar [es], in additionââto the fact that "Las Palmas" refersââto the fact that when the town was established it was characterized by, "a large vegetation of palm trees."
Historyâ»
In 1583, Captain Alonso Esteban Rangel founded Salazar de las Palmas. The village was established to facilitate access to the Madgalena River in the New Kingdom of Granada, in addition to creating new frontier with the Motilones natives.
Heritage sitesâ»
The construction of the parish church of San Pablo began in 1889, it was blessed by the bishop of the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Evaristo Blanco in 1915. It is estimated that the cost of the construction of the church was two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. As of 1953, the municipal seat had two churches, the parish of San Pablo with a modern style architecture and the old chapel of BelĂ©n, made of adobe and tapia materials. The BelĂ©n chapel suffered damage to one of its towers after the earthquake of 1875. The chapel has an retable of Nuestra Señora de BelĂ©n, which is believed to have been found by a woman named LucĂa in one of the stones of the Trinidad Creek in the 1600s.
Nature reservesâ»
The Santurban Regional Natural Park in Salazar de las Palmas [es] comprises approximately 19,088 hectares delimited by CORPONOR. The municipality also has several lagoons such as Los Bueyes, Peroneo and Triaca. Salazar has the northern lagoon complex of CĂĄchira (Spanish: Complejo Lagunar Norte CĂĄchira), which also includes parts of the Arboledas and CĂĄchira municipalities. The Regional Natural Park, abbreviated as PNR, was declared by agreement number 020 of 2013 and it is located in the northern lagoon complex.
Climateâ»
Climate data for Salazar de las Palmas (Francisco Romero), elevation 1,000 m (3,300 ft), (1981â2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.3 (84.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.7 (81.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.3 (66.7) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.5 (65.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 127.9 (5.04) |
123.4 (4.86) |
158.9 (6.26) |
288.9 (11.37) |
257.6 (10.14) |
76.5 (3.01) |
88.2 (3.47) |
144.0 (5.67) |
280.7 (11.05) |
444.4 (17.50) |
418.6 (16.48) |
239.4 (9.43) |
2,648.4 (104.27) |
Average precipitation days | 13 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 187 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 79 | 83 | 83 | 79 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 148.8 | 115.7 | 102.3 | 96.0 | 130.2 | 147.0 | 164.3 | 182.9 | 165.0 | 155.0 | 138.0 | 139.5 | 1,684.7 |
Mean daily sunshine hours | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales |
Referencesâ»
- ^ Mohalem, JosĂ© de JesĂșs Acosta (2000). Historia de la Iglesia en Pamplona, siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII (in Spanish). Arquidiocesis de Nueva Pamplona.
- ^ Verea, Francisco PĂ©rez de Salazar (1998). Semblanzas e historia de una familia en la Puebla de los Angeles (in Spanish). F.P. de Salazar Verea. ISBN 978-970-92073-0-9.
- ^ Grafenstein, Johanna von (2006). El Golfo-Caribe y sus puertos: 1600-1850 (in Spanish). Instituto Mora. ISBN 978-970-684-134-6.
- ^ Silva, RamĂłn CĂĄrdenas (1983). GĂ©nesis de Salazar de las Palmas, 1583-1983 (in Spanish). Tipograf. UniĂłn. p. 116.
- ^ RamĂrez, JesĂșs Emilio (1953). El terremoto de Arboledas, Cucutilla y Salazar de Las Palmas, 8 de julio, 1950 (in Spanish). Instituto GeofĂsico de los Andes Colombianos. p. 39.
- ^ Villamizar, NĂ©stor Cuadros (1999). Luis Elberto Uribe Bueno: su tierra, vida y obra, memorias (in Spanish). AlcaldĂa de Salazar de las Palmas. p. 59. ISBN 978-958-33-1041-6.
- ^ "Corponor declara 19.088 hectĂĄreas como Parque Natural Regional SanturbĂĄn- Salazar de las Palmas". CORPONOR. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "Estudio del estado actual y plan de manejo del PĂĄramo de SanturbĂĄn en el departamento de Norte de Santander" (PDF). CORPONOR. 2009. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "Estaticos". CORPONOR. 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "Promedios ClimatolĂłgicos 1981â2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
External linksâ»
- Government of Norte de Santander - Salazar de las Palmas (in Spanish)
- Salazar de las Palmas official website (in Spanish)
7°46âČ25âłN 72°48âČ44âłW / 7.77361°N 72.81222°W / 7.77361; -72.81222
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