Santa Marta
Santa Marta | |
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Ceety | |
 Top:Panorama view of the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, from inside the swamp, 2nd left:View of Mirador in Cabo San Juan del Guia, Tayrona Natural Park, 2nd right:Santa Marta Cathedral (La Casa del Farol), 3rd left:Statue of Simon Bolivar in Quinta of Saint Pedro Alejandrino, 3rd upper middle:Colombian National Pantheon in Barrio Mamatoco, 3rd lower middle:Night view of Snta Marta City Hall, 3rd right:Twilight view of Tribute to the Tayrona Ethnicity Square, Bottom:Panoramic view of Acuatico El Rodadero Park and resort area, from De Gaira area | |
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| Eik-name(s): America's Pearl (La Perla de America) | |
 Location in the Depairtment o Magdalena. Municipality (daurk gray) Ceety (red) | |
  Santa Marta Location in Colombie | |
| Coordinates: 11°14′31″N 74°12′19″W / 11.24194°N 74.20528°W | |
| Kintra |  Colombie |
| Region | Caribbean Region |
| Depairtment | Magdalena |
| Foondation | 29 Julie 1525 |
| Foondit bi | Rodrigo de Bastidas |
| Named for | Martha |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Carlos Eduardo Caicedo Omar (Leeberal) |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 2393.65 km2 (924.07 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 55.10 km2 (21.27 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 5775 m (18,947 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Ceety | 454,860 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 385,122 |
| • Urban density | 6989.5/km2 (18106.3/sq mi) |
| DANE | |
| Demonym(s) | Samario |
| Time zone | UTC-05 (Colombie Staundart Time) |
| Area code(s) | 57 + 5 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie) |
Santa Marta, is a Colombie ceety, the caipital o the depairtment o Magdalena an third major urban centre o the Caribbean Region efter Barranquilla an Cartagena. Foondit on 29 Julie 1525 bi the Spanish conquistador Rodrigo de Bastidas, it is the oldest existin ceety in Colombie as it wis the first Spainyie dounset in Colombie, an seicont auldest o Sooth Americae. The ceety lees in the bay o the same name, an is a tourist destination.
Geografie an climate
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record heich °C (°F) | 37.0 (98.6) |
38.2 (100.8) |
37.0 (98.6) |
37.6 (99.7) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.8 (100.0) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.2 (99.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
38.2 (100.8) |
36.4 (97.5) |
38.2 (100.8) |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.4 (92.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 27.2 (81.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.7 (81.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Record law °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.9 (69.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Average rainfaw mm (inches) | 6.9 (0.27) |
2.7 (0.11) |
1.8 (0.07) |
9.1 (0.36) |
58.3 (2.30) |
53.1 (2.09) |
63.2 (2.49) |
57.3 (2.26) |
81.9 (3.22) |
108.4 (4.27) |
45.5 (1.79) |
11.1 (0.44) |
499.3 (19.67) |
| Average rainy days | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 76 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine oors | 281.0 | 251.0 | 251.6 | 226.8 | 221.8 | 230.3 | 226.2 | 219.8 | 202.4 | 204.7 | 226.4 | 279.3 | 2,821.3 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2] | |||||||||||||
Infrastructur
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Santa Marta is a major port. Simon Bolivar Internaitional Airport (IATA: SMR ) is 16 km (10 mi) frae the ceety centre.
Economy
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Santa Marta's economy is based on tourism, trade, port activities, fishin an agricultur, in that order. The main agricultural products are: bananas, coffee, cocoa an cassava.
Twin touns
[eedit | eedit soorce]Santa Marta haes ane sister ceety: Miami Beach, Florida.[3]
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Censo General 2005 (PDF) (in Spanish), Bogotá: DANE, 2005, p. 486, ISBN 978-958-624-072-7, archived (PDF) frae the original on 11 Juin 2008, retrieved 1 Juin 2009CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "CARTAS CLIMATOLÓGICAS – MEDIAS MENSUALES – AEROPUERTO SIMÓN BOLIVAR (Santa Marta)" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived frae the original on 23 December 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Miami Beach Sister Cities Program". Archived frae the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Santa Marta Travel Guide Archived 2010-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spaingie) Santa Marta offeecial wabsteid Archived 2019-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spaingie) The Samarian Agenda Project
Travel guide tae Santa Marta frae Wikivoyage
