Concepción, Antioquia

For other uses, see Concepción#Geography.

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.

Concepción
Municipality and town
Seal
Location of the municipality and town of Concepción in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Concepción Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 6°23′42″N 75°15′30″W
Country	Colombia
Department	Antioquia Department
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

View of Concepción from Alto de la Virgen

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]