Bahía Solano
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Bahía Solano
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
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|image_caption = Flag of Bahia Solano
|image_flag = Flag of Bahía Solano, Chocó.svg
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|image_map = Colombia - Chocó - Bahía Solano.svg
|mapsize = 250px
|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Bahía Solano in the Choco Department of Colombia.
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|pushpin_mapsize = 300
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}
|subdivision_type1 = Department
|subdivision_name1 = Chocó Department
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Ulmer Mosquera Gutiérrez
|established_title =
|established_date = 2020-2023
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 1667
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|population_note = Afro-Colombians, Embera Indians, Paisas
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|population_urban = 9.400 (2017)[http://poblacion.population.city/colombia/bahia-solano/ Bahía Solano · Población] poblacion.population.city, retrieved 26 January 2020
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|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
|utc_offset = -5
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|elevation_m = 173
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|website = [http://www.bahiasolano-choco.gov.co/ www.bahiasolano-choco.gov.co]
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Bahía Solano is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. Bahia, as it is locally known, is an economic and tourist center of coastal Choco. The municipal head is Ciudad Mutis.
Bahia is home to José Celestino Mutis Airport as well as seaport, and along with daily flights to and from Medellin, Quibdo, Cali, and Bogota, there are bi-weekly ships that take passengers and cargo from Bahia to the port of Buenaventura. The region around Bahia Solano is home to scuba diving and sport fishing opportunities, providing a plethora of marine activities to the traveller. 18 km away from Bahia Solano is the beach town of El Valle, Choco, which is the closest community to the Ensenada de Utria National Park, located only {{convert|9|km}} down the beach.
Climate
Bahía Solano has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af).
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = y
|location = Bahía Solano (Panamericana), elevation {{convert|4|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 29.4
|Feb high C = 29.9
|Mar high C = 29.9
|Apr high C = 29.9
|May high C = 29.7
|Jun high C = 29.3
|Jul high C = 29.5
|Aug high C = 29.5
|Sep high C = 29.1
|Oct high C = 28.8
|Nov high C = 28.7
|Dec high C = 29.0
| year high C = 29.4
|Jan mean C = 26.0
|Feb mean C = 26.3
|Mar mean C = 26.2
|Apr mean C = 26.1
|May mean C = 25.9
|Jun mean C = 25.7
|Jul mean C = 25.8
|Aug mean C = 25.8
|Sep mean C = 25.6
|Oct mean C = 25.6
|Nov mean C = 25.5
|Dec mean C = 25.7
| year mean C = 25.8
|Jan low C = 22.5
|Feb low C = 22.4
|Mar low C = 22.4
|Apr low C = 22.7
|May low C = 22.7
|Jun low C = 22.4
|Jul low C = 22.3
|Aug low C = 22.4
|Sep low C = 22.2
|Oct low C = 22.0
|Nov low C = 22.0
|Dec low C = 21.9
| year low C = 22.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 273.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 142.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 192.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 332.5
|May precipitation mm = 482.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 454.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 475.0
|Aug precipitation mm = 571.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 565.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 770.0
|Nov precipitation mm = 639.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 472.7
|year precipitation mm =
| Jan precipitation days = 17.5
| Feb precipitation days = 12.0
| Mar precipitation days = 13.2
| Apr precipitation days = 20.6
| May precipitation days = 23.9
| Jun precipitation days = 24.1
| Jul precipitation days = 23.7
| Aug precipitation days = 24.0
| Sep precipitation days = 25.0
| Oct precipitation days = 25.3
| Nov precipitation days = 23.8
| Dec precipitation days = 22.5
| year precipitation days =
| Jan humidity = 89.5
| Feb humidity = 88.6
| Mar humidity = 89.3
| Apr humidity = 89.6
| May humidity = 90.8
| Jun humidity = 91.0
| Jul humidity = 90.6
| Aug humidity = 91.0
| Sep humidity = 91.4
| Oct humidity = 91.7
| Nov humidity = 92.4
| Dec humidity = 91.5
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|Jan sun = 78.5
|Feb sun = 88.0
|Mar sun = 86.4
|Apr sun = 68.8
|May sun = 61.6
|Jun sun = 57.5
|Jul sun = 76.1
|Aug sun = 70.3
|Sep sun = 52.4
|Oct sun = 58.9
|Nov sun = 49.3
|Dec sun = 50.1
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|Jand sun = 2.5
|Febd sun = 3.1
|Mard sun = 2.8
|Aprd sun = 2.3
|Mayd sun = 2.0
|Jund sun = 1.9
|Juld sun = 2.5
|Augd sun = 2.3
|Sepd sun = 1.7
|Octd sun = 1.9
|Novd sun = 1.6
|Decd sun = 1.6
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|source 1 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales{{cite web
|url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128
|archive-date=15 August 2016
|title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010
|publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales
|language=es
|access-date= 17 June 2024
|url-status=dead}}
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.bahiasolano-choco.gov.co/ Alcaldía Municipal de Bahía Solano] (Spanish)
- [http://www.elmorrohosteria.com/ Website for Eco Tourism] (English)
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Category:Municipalities of Chocó Department
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