Yopal () is a municipality and capital city of the
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Casanare in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
History
During the period of the
Spanish colonization of the Americas
Spain began colonizing the Americas under the Crown of Castile and was spearheaded by the Spanish . The Americas were invaded and incorporated into the Spanish Empire, with the exception of Brazil, British America, and some small regions ...
, the land on which Yopal stands was occupied by the indigenous
Achagua people
The Achagua (also Achawa and Axagua) are an indigenous people of Colombia and Venezuela.["Achagua."]
''E ...
. The name Yopal descends from the region's abundance of ''
Anadenanthera peregrina
''Anadenanthera peregrina'', also known as yopo, jopo, cohoba, parica or calcium tree, is a perennial tree of the genus ''Anadenanthera'' native to the Caribbean and South America. It grows up to tall, and has a horny bark. Its flowers grow ...
'', often otherwise called yopo.
Geographic information
*Population: 150 000 inhabitants
*Elevation:
*Area:
*Distance from
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...
:
*Median temperature:
Climate
Yopal has a
tropical monsoon climate
An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...
(Köppen ''Am''). Although it borders closely on a
tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...
(''Aw''), Yopal’s climate is much more typical of a tropical monsoon climate in having a short but distinct
dry season
The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The te ...
that covers the months of December to March, and a very long
wet season
The wet season (sometimes called the Rainy season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. It is the time of year where the majority of a country's or region's annual precipitation occurs. Generally, the sea ...
covering the remaining eight months.
Born in Yopal
*
Jeffry Romero
Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (born 4 October 1989) is a Colombian former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the , Boyacá es Para Vivirla, , and teams. He rode in the 2014 Giro d'Italia with the team.
Major r ...
, professional cyclist
* Andres Badillo Entrepreneur
* Mechs, streamer of League of Legends
References
External links
*
Yopal official website*
La Voz de Yopal (Radio)
Municipalities of Casanare Department
Capitals of Colombian departments
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