Lloró is a municipality and town in the
Chocó Department,
Colombia
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. It claims the second world record for highest average annual precipitation with ,
after
López de Micay, which holds an also disputed record with . The official record is held by
Mawsynram,
India
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. The rainfall data was measured in its Agricultural Farm, managed by the University of Bogotá, between 1952 and 1989. If accurate, that would make it the wettest place in the world. The town is named for Gioró, a pre-Columbian indigenous chief.
An 1853 watercolor by
Manuel María Paz portrays two men in straw hats with a female vendor at a liquor stand in Lloró.
Climate
Lloró has a very wet
tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...
(
Af). The town of Lloró itself has only 8000 mm of rain but the farm located to the east of the city has 12,892.4 mm.
Corregimientos
*El Cajón
*Carmen de Surama
*Irabubú
*La Playita
*San Lorenzo
*Sesego
*El Tigre
*Urabará
See also
*
Wettest places on Earth
*
Big Bog, Maui
*
Cherrapunji
*
Mount Waialeale
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Quibdó
Quibdó () is the capital city of Chocó Department, in the Pacific/Chocó natural region, Pacific Region of Colombia, and is located on the Atrato River. The municipality of Quibdó has an area of and a population of 129,237, predominantly A ...
References
Municipalities of Chocó Department
Weather extremes of Earth
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