Concepción, Antioquia

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Concepción
Municipality and town
Official seal of Concepción
Seal
Location of the municipality and town of Concepción in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Location of the municipality and town of Concepción in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Concepción is located in Colombia
Concepción
Concepción
Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 6°23′42″N 75°15′30″W / 6.39500°N 75.25833°W / 6.39500; -75.25833
Country Colombia
DepartmentAntioquia Department
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
View of Concepción from Alto de la Virgen
View of Concepción from Alto de la Virgen

Concepción is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia and located 75km from Medellin.

The village was declared "Site of Cultural and National Interest" in 1999, for its stone streets and its exceptional state of conservation.

Sites of Interest

This small town preserves very beautiful colonial sites such as the main Church, the "Casa de la Cultura", where the independency's leader Jose Maria Cordova was born, and several colonial streets, among them Tulio Ospina, Eloy Alfaro, Santander and Cordova. All around many naturalistic sites: Matasano's falls, Aguacate's natural pool and amazing pier inside social Athakai farm.[1]

Climate

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

Climate data for Concepción
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 24.0
(75.2) 		24.5
(76.1) 		24.7
(76.5) 		24.5
(76.1) 		24.6
(76.3) 		24.4
(75.9) 		24.8
(76.6) 		24.7
(76.5) 		24.3
(75.7) 		23.7
(74.7) 		23.4
(74.1) 		23.5
(74.3) 		24.3
(75.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 19.1
(66.4) 		19.5
(67.1) 		19.8
(67.6) 		19.9
(67.8) 		20.0
(68.0) 		19.6
(67.3) 		19.5
(67.1) 		19.5
(67.1) 		19.2
(66.6) 		19.1
(66.4) 		18.9
(66.0) 		18.8
(65.8) 		19.4
(66.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 14.3
(57.7) 		14.6
(58.3) 		15.0
(59.0) 		15.4
(59.7) 		15.4
(59.7) 		14.9
(58.8) 		14.3
(57.7) 		14.3
(57.7) 		14.2
(57.6) 		14.6
(58.3) 		14.5
(58.1) 		14.2
(57.6) 		14.6
(58.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 91.5
(3.60) 		133.6
(5.26) 		185.7
(7.31) 		308.3
(12.14) 		359.1
(14.14) 		291.1
(11.46) 		323.0
(12.72) 		303.4
(11.94) 		343.1
(13.51) 		346.8
(13.65) 		243.0
(9.57) 		127.1
(5.00) 		3,055.7
(120.3)
Average rainy days 10 13 16 21 22 18 18 19 21 23 20 13 214
Source 1: [2]
Source 2: [3]

References

  1. ^ "Sites of Interest in Concepción - www.visitaconcepcion.com".
  2. ^ "Spreadsheet". www.ideam.gov.co. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  3. ^ "Concepción climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Concepción weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org.
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