Chigorodó

Chigorodó (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃiɣoɾoˈðo]) is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is part of the Urabá Antioquia sub-region.

Chigorodó
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Chigorodó in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Coordinates: 7°40′N 76°41′W
Country	Colombia
Department	Antioquia Department
Subregion	Urabá
Founded	1878
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Alvarez Sosa
Area
• Municipality and town	608 km2 (235 sq mi)
• Urban	3.56 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Elevation	34 m (112 ft)
Population  (2020 est.)[1][2]
• Municipality and town	86,239
• Density	142/km2 (367/sq mi)
• Urban	50,581
• Urban density	14,200/km2 (36,800/sq mi)
Demonym	Chigorodoseños
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Area code	57 + 4
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

Transportation

It is served by the Jaime Ortiz Betancur Airport, which once had commercial air service to Medellin on ACES Colombia Airlines during the early 1990s.^[3]

Residents

• Jaime Castañeda, cyclist

Climate

Chigorodó has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for Chigorodó (Palmera La), elevation 58 m (190 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	31.2 (88.2)	31.7 (89.1)	32.0 (89.6)	31.4 (88.5)	31.3 (88.3)	31.1 (88.0)	31.0 (87.8)	31.0 (87.8)	31.0 (87.8)	30.9 (87.6)	30.5 (86.9)	30.7 (87.3)	31.2 (88.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.2 (81.0)	27.7 (81.9)	27.8 (82.0)	27.6 (81.7)	27.4 (81.3)	27.3 (81.1)	27.1 (80.8)	27.2 (81.0)	27.1 (80.8)	27.1 (80.8)	27.0 (80.6)	27.0 (80.6)	27.3 (81.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.3 (72.1)	22.2 (72.0)	22.9 (73.2)	22.9 (73.2)	22.9 (73.2)	22.7 (72.9)	22.4 (72.3)	22.4 (72.3)	22.1 (71.8)	22.2 (72.0)	22.4 (72.3)	22.6 (72.7)	22.5 (72.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	142.2 (5.60)	87.5 (3.44)	120.6 (4.75)	270.7 (10.66)	427.9 (16.85)	449.2 (17.69)	396.5 (15.61)	414.3 (16.31)	443.6 (17.46)	455.1 (17.92)	363.2 (14.30)	313.9 (12.36)	3,803.9 (149.76)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	9	7	9	16	20	23	24	23	23	23	21	16	201
Average relative humidity (%)	81	78	78	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	83	84	82
Mean monthly sunshine hours	105.4	107.3	65.1	81.0	74.4	75.0	80.6	96.1	81.0	105.4	90.0	86.8	1,048.1
Mean daily sunshine hours	3.4	3.8	2.1	2.7	2.4	2.5	2.6	3.1	2.7	3.4	3.0	2.8	2.9
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[4]