Mariquita, Tolima
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
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|image_flag = Flag of Mariquita.svg
|image_seal = Escudo de Mariquita.svg
|image_map = Colombia - Tolima - Mariquita.svg
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|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Mariquita, Tolima in the Tolima Department of Colombia.
|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 =Department
|subdivision_name1 = Tolima Department
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|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Alejandro Galindo Rincón
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|area_total_km2 = 293.3
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|population_as_of = 2018 census
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|population_total = 37770
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|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
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San Sebastián de Mariquita is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia, about {{convert|150|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Bogotá. This town and municipality contains several important Spanish settlements that were located here due to its vicinity to the Magdalena River. Today, Mariquita is frequented by tourists from the capital visiting attractions like the Medina Waterfalls (Cataratas de Medina) and the mint (Casa de la Moneda). The Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada died there and is buried in the Primatial Cathedral of Bogotá. Today it is home to large hotels and haciendas, among them Villa de los Caballeros.
The population of the municipality was 32,642 as of the 2005 census.http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/regiones/tolima/mariquita.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
Notable people
- Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, drug lord
- Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, drug lord
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
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|collapsed = Y
|location = Mariquita (Albania), elevation {{convert|500|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010)
|Jan high C = 28.3
|Feb high C = 28.7
|Mar high C = 28.4
|Apr high C = 28.4
|May high C = 28.3
|Jun high C = 28.8
|Jul high C = 29.5
|Aug high C = 30.1
|Sep high C = 29.2
|Oct high C = 28.2
|Nov high C = 27.7
|Dec high C = 27.8
| year high C = 28.6
|Jan mean C = 24.9
|Feb mean C = 25.0
|Mar mean C = 24.8
|Apr mean C = 24.9
|May mean C = 24.9
|Jun mean C = 25.3
|Jul mean C = 25.5
|Aug mean C = 25.8
|Sep mean C = 25.2
|Oct mean C = 24.6
|Nov mean C = 24.5
|Dec mean C = 24.5
| year mean C = 25.0
|Jan low C = 20.2
|Feb low C = 20.3
|Mar low C = 20.1
|Apr low C = 20.3
|May low C = 20.4
|Jun low C = 20.6
|Jul low C = 20.4
|Aug low C = 20.3
|Sep low C = 20.1
|Oct low C = 20.1
|Nov low C = 20.2
|Dec low C = 20.3
| year low C = 20.3
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 218.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 182.2
|Mar precipitation mm = 302.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 383.1
|May precipitation mm = 332.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 141.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 116.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 192.3
|Sep precipitation mm = 258.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 489.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 503.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 372.8
|year precipitation mm = 3493.5
| Jan precipitation days = 14
| Feb precipitation days = 13
| Mar precipitation days = 17
| Apr precipitation days = 18
| May precipitation days = 18
| Jun precipitation days = 12
| Jul precipitation days = 10
| Aug precipitation days = 12
| Sep precipitation days = 17
| Oct precipitation days = 22
| Nov precipitation days = 21
| Dec precipitation days = 19
| year precipitation days = 189
| Jan humidity = 79
| Feb humidity = 76
| Mar humidity = 78
| Apr humidity = 79
| May humidity = 79
| Jun humidity = 75
| Jul humidity = 72
| Aug humidity = 70
| Sep humidity = 74
| Oct humidity = 79
| Nov humidity = 80
| Dec humidity = 80
| year humidity = 77
|Jan sun = 176.7
|Feb sun = 152.4
|Mar sun = 139.5
|Apr sun = 147.0
|May sun = 158.1
|Jun sun = 174.0
|Jul sun = 195.3
|Aug sun = 198.4
|Sep sun = 174.0
|Oct sun = 170.5
|Nov sun = 150.0
|Dec sun = 158.1
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|Jand sun = 5.7
|Febd sun = 5.4
|Mard sun = 4.5
|Aprd sun = 4.9
|Mayd sun = 5.1
|Jund sun = 5.8
|Juld sun = 6.3
|Augd sun = 6.4
|Sepd sun = 5.8
|Octd sun = 5.5
|Novd sun = 5.0
|Decd sun = 5.1
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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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