Cravo Norte

Cravo Norte is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia. It is thought to have been founded in 1538 by the Jesuit missionary Joseph Gumilla. The first census was conducted in May 1797 and counted a population of 205. ^[1]

Cravo Norte
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Cravo Norte in the Arauca Department of Colombia
Country	Colombia
Department	Arauca Department
Founded	1538
Government
• Mayor	Javier Esneider Triana Mujica
Area
• Municipality and town	5,301 km2 (2,046.73 sq mi)
Elevation	124 m (406.82 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Municipality and town	3,331
• Density	0.63/km2 (1.63/sq mi)
• Urban	2,319
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Climate	Aw
Website	www.cravonorte-arauca.gov.co

Climate

Cravo Norte has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) with little rainfall from December to March and heavy to very heavy rainfall from April to November.

Climate data for Cravo Norte
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	33.2 (91.8)	34.4 (93.9)	34.4 (93.9)	32.5 (90.5)	30.6 (87.1)	29.5 (85.1)	29.4 (84.9)	30.3 (86.5)	31.0 (87.8)	31.5 (88.7)	31.9 (89.4)	32.2 (90.0)	31.7 (89.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.3 (81.1)	28.2 (82.8)	28.7 (83.7)	27.8 (82.0)	26.7 (80.1)	25.9 (78.6)	25.8 (78.4)	26.3 (79.3)	26.8 (80.2)	27.1 (80.8)	27.4 (81.3)	27.2 (81.0)	27.1 (80.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21.5 (70.7)	22.0 (71.6)	23.0 (73.4)	23.2 (73.8)	22.8 (73.0)	22.4 (72.3)	22.2 (72.0)	22.3 (72.1)	22.6 (72.7)	22.7 (72.9)	22.9 (73.2)	22.2 (72.0)	22.5 (72.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	17.9 (0.70)	20.8 (0.82)	61.0 (2.40)	188.9 (7.44)	318.4 (12.54)	403.9 (15.90)	410.0 (16.14)	279.4 (11.00)	266.5 (10.49)	256.9 (10.11)	146.0 (5.75)	41.6 (1.64)	2,411.3 (94.93)
Average rainy days	1	2	4	10	17	19	19	16	15	12	8	3	126
Source 1: IDEAM[2]
Source 2: Climate-Data.org[3]