Mocoa

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Mocoa

|image_skyline = Mocoa Plaza Central 2013.jpg

|imagesize =

|image_caption = Plaza Central Mocoa in 2013

|image_flag = Flag of Mocoa (Putumayo).svg

|image_seal = Escudo de Mocoa.svg

|nickname = The Head of Putumayo

|motto =

|image_map = Colombia - Putumayo - Mocoa.svg

|mapsize = 250px

|map_caption = Location of the town and municipality of Mocoa in Putumayo Department.

|coordinates = {{coord|1|09|0|N|76|38|51|W|region:CO_type:city(36187)|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_type2 = Department

|subdivision_name1 = Amazonía Region

|subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Putumayo.svg}} Putumayo

|established_title = Foundation

|established_date = March 6, 1551

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Jose Antonio Castro

|area_magnitude =

|area_total_km2 = 1305

|area_urban_km2 = 5.61

|elevation_m = 604

|population_total = 56,398

|population_as_of = 2018 census

|population_footnotes = [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/putumayo/86001__mocoa/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Mocoa municipality with localities

|population_urban = 38457

|population_density_urban_km2 = auto

|population_density_km2 = auto

|population_note =

|website =

|footnotes =

|type = Municipality and city

|timezone = Eastern Time Zone

|utc_offset = -05

}}

Mocoa ({{IPA|es|moˈko.a}}) (Kamsá: Shatjok{{cite book |last=O'Brien|first=Colleen Alena |authorlink=Colleen Alena O'Brien |date=2018 |title=A Grammatical Description of Kamsá, A Language Isolate of Colombia |url=http://ling.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/ColleenOBrienFinal.pdf}}) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia.

The city is located in the northwest of the Putumayo department. The municipality borders the departments of Nariño to the west and Cauca to the north.

On March 31, 2017, mudslides in Mocoa left more than 254{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/01/colombia-landslide-mocoa-putumayo-heavy-rains|title=Colombia landslide leaves at least 254 dead and hundreds missing|last=Brodzinsky|first=Sibylla|date=2017-04-02|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-04-03|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} people dead, and hundreds missing.{{cite web|last1=Brocchetto|first1=Marilia|last2=Ramos|first2=Fernando|last3=Sanchez|first3=Ray|title=Mudslides kill more than 200 people in Colombia|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/01/americas/colombia-mudslide-deaths/|website=CNN|accessdate=1 April 2017}}

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

|metric first=y

|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Mocoa (Mocoa Acueducto), elevation {{convert|650|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010)

|Jan high C = 27.5

|Feb high C = 27.6

|Mar high C = 27.2

|Apr high C = 27.2

|May high C = 26.5

|Jun high C = 25.8

|Jul high C = 26.1

|Aug high C = 26.7

|Sep high C = 27.7

|Oct high C = 28.3

|Nov high C = 28.1

|Dec high C = 27.9

| year high C = 27.2

|Jan mean C = 23.4

|Feb mean C = 23.4

|Mar mean C = 23.2

|Apr mean C = 23.0

|May mean C = 22.6

|Jun mean C = 22.0

|Jul mean C = 21.9

|Aug mean C = 22.3

|Sep mean C = 23.0

|Oct mean C = 23.3

|Nov mean C = 23.4

|Dec mean C = 23.4

| year mean C = 22.9

|Jan low C = 20.3

|Feb low C = 20.5

|Mar low C = 20.4

|Apr low C = 20.4

|May low C = 20.2

|Jun low C = 19.7

|Jul low C = 19.3

|Aug low C = 19.4

|Sep low C = 19.8

|Oct low C = 20.3

|Nov low C = 20.5

|Dec low C = 20.6

| year low C = 20.1

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 200.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 227.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 273.1

|Apr precipitation mm = 383.5

|May precipitation mm = 442.3

|Jun precipitation mm = 473.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 411.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 348.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 296.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 237.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 236.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 214.8

|year precipitation mm = 3656.3

| Jan precipitation days = 19

| Feb precipitation days = 19

| Mar precipitation days = 23

| Apr precipitation days = 24

| May precipitation days = 26

| Jun precipitation days = 26

| Jul precipitation days = 25

| Aug precipitation days = 23

| Sep precipitation days = 20

| Oct precipitation days = 21

| Nov precipitation days = 20

| Dec precipitation days = 21

| year precipitation days = 260

| Jan humidity = 85

| Feb humidity = 84

| Mar humidity = 86

| Apr humidity = 86

| May humidity = 87

| Jun humidity = 88

| Jul humidity = 87

| Aug humidity = 84

| Sep humidity = 82

| Oct humidity = 82

| Nov humidity = 83

| Dec humidity = 85

| year humidity = 85

|Jan sun = 99.2

|Feb sun = 84.7

|Mar sun = 80.6

|Apr sun = 81.0

|May sun = 74.4

|Jun sun = 66.0

|Jul sun = 74.4

|Aug sun = 93.0

|Sep sun = 108.0

|Oct sun = 117.8

|Nov sun = 108.0

|Dec sun = 111.6

|year sun =

|Jand sun = 3.2

|Febd sun = 3.0

|Mard sun = 2.6

|Aprd sun = 2.7

|Mayd sun = 2.4

|Jund sun = 2.2

|Juld sun = 2.4

|Augd sun = 3.0

|Sepd sun = 3.6

|Octd sun = 3.8

|Novd sun = 3.6

|Decd sun = 3.6

|yeard sun =

|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

External links

{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929002522/http://www.alcaldiademocoa.gov.co/ Mocoa official website]
{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929002527/http://www.alcaldiademocoa.gov.co/simbolos.htm Mocoa official website 2]
{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121031018/http://siatac.siac.net.co/ Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website]

Category:Municipalities of Putumayo Department

Category:Capitals of Colombian departments