Cocorná

Cocorná is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia.

Cocorná
Municipality & Town
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Location of the municipality of Cocorná in the Antioquia Department
Cocorná
Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 6°3′25″N 75°11′7″W
Country Colombia
RegionAndean Region
Department Antioquia Department
SubregionEastern
Government
 • AlcaldeHector Duque Ramirez
Area
 • Total210 km2 (80 sq mi)
Elevation
1,300 m (4,300 ft)
Population
 (Census 2018[2])
 • Total14,743
 • Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Websitewww.cocorna-antioquia.gov.co

Geography

It has an extension of 210 km², with a mountainous territory, with great extensions of forest, and with many important rivers. La extención, medida con planimetro por la Oficina de Planeación Departamental cuando se separo San Francisco, es de 257.5 km². La extención, medida en Cornare, sin definir los problemas limítrofes es de 257 km². Estos datos son más verídicos pues quienes dicen que la extención es de 210 km² se basan en una simple resta del área inicial de 1050 km² menos las área segregadas desde 1853.

Climate

Cocorná has a relatively cool tropical rainforest climate (Af) due to altitude. It has very heavy rainfall year round.

Climate data for Cocorná
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 26.8
(80.2)		 27.5
(81.5)		 27.7
(81.9)		 26.9
(80.4)		 26.8
(80.2)		 27.0
(80.6)		 27.4
(81.3)		 27.3
(81.1)		 26.9
(80.4)		 26.2
(79.2)		 26.0
(78.8)		 26.0
(78.8)		 26.9
(80.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 21.5
(70.7)		 22.0
(71.6)		 22.3
(72.1)		 22.0
(71.6)		 22.0
(71.6)		 21.9
(71.4)		 21.9
(71.4)		 21.9
(71.4)		 21.6
(70.9)		 21.3
(70.3)		 21.3
(70.3)		 21.1
(70.0)		 21.7
(71.1)
Average low °C (°F) 16.3
(61.3)		 16.5
(61.7)		 16.9
(62.4)		 17.2
(63.0)		 17.3
(63.1)		 16.8
(62.2)		 16.4
(61.5)		 16.5
(61.7)		 16.4
(61.5)		 16.4
(61.5)		 16.6
(61.9)		 15.3
(59.5)		 16.6
(61.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 255.7
(10.07)		 243.8
(9.60)		 328.8
(12.94)		 447.0
(17.60)		 483.9
(19.05)		 316.2
(12.45)		 306.0
(12.05)		 349.0
(13.74)		 471.7
(18.57)		 526.7
(20.74)		 460.8
(18.14)		 325.0
(12.80)		 4,514.6
(177.75)
Average rainy days 16 15 19 22 21 17 16 17 22 25 23 20 233
Source 1: [3]
Source 2: [4]

Economy

Roads

Is 90 km away from Medellín, 1 hour and a half in car, by an excellent road. It also has roads to the Corregimiento La Piñuela, and the municipalities of San Francisco and Granada.

Tourism

Cocorná has been since the 1980s a touristic place for many people, and since 2006, the government, believing in the all the potential Cocorná has for it, has been sponsoring economical investments in the area.

New hotels, and many projects that involve new jobs, are the result of that.

Sites of interest
  • Rivers where people can practice fishing, or simply enjoy the natural pools formatted by the river
  • Water Falls there are many and very near to the municipality
  • Forest very well conserved
  • Landscape

References
  1. "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
  4. https://en.climate-data.org/south-america/colombia/antioquia/cocorna-34232/?amp=true
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