Lloró

Lloró
Municipality and town

Location of the municipality and town of Lloró in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Country  Colombia
Department Chocó Department
Area
 • Total 905 km2 (349 sq mi)
Time zone Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)

Lloró is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. It claims the second world record for highest average annual precipitation with 12,717 mm (501 in),[1][2] after López de Micay, which holds the record with 12,892.4 mm (508 in).[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

Climate data for Lloró
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average rainfall mm (inches) — — — — — — — — — — — — 12,717
(500.67)

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/faunayflora/pacific1/cap10.htm
  2. ↑ Luiz Drude de Lacerda (9 February 2004). Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Environments. Springer. pp. 177–. ISBN 978-3-540-42540-3.
  3. ↑ Burt, Christopher C (2013-03-18). "Weather Extremes : New Wettest Place on Earth Discovered?". Weather Underground. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  4. ↑ NCDC: Global Measured Extremes of Temperature and Precipitation
  5. ↑ Paz, Manuel María. "Liquor Shop in the Village of Lloró, Province of Chocó". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-05-21.

Coordinates: 5°30′N 76°32′W / 5.500°N 76.533°W / 5.500; -76.533


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