Cocorná facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Cocorná
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Municipality & Town
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Location of the municipality of Cocorná in the Antioquia Department
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 Cocorná
Location in Colombia
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| Country |  Colombia |
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| Region | Andean Region | |
| Department |  Antioquia Department |
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| Subregion | Eastern | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 210 km2 (80 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) | |
| Population
(Census 2018)
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| • Total | 14,743 | |
| • Density | 70.2/km2 (182/sq mi) | |
Cocorná is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia.
Geography
Cocorná has an extension of 210 km², with a mountainous territory, great extensions of forest, and many important rivers.
Climate
Cocorná has a relatively cool tropical rainforest climate (Af) due to altitude. It has very heavy rainfall year round.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
16.6 (61.8) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 255.7 (10.07) |
243.8 (9.60) |
328.8 (12.94) |
447.0 (17.60) |
483.9 (19.05) |
316.2 (12.45) |
306.0 (12.05) |
349.0 (13.74) |
471.7 (18.57) |
526.7 (20.74) |
460.8 (18.14) |
325.0 (12.80) |
4,514.6 (177.75) |
| Average rainy days | 16 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 233 |
Economy
- Tourism
- Agriculture, specially of sugar and maize.
Roads
Is 90 km away from Medellín, 1 hour and a half in car, by an excellent road. It also has roads to the Corregimiento La Piñuela, and the municipalities of San Francisco and Granada.
Tourism
Cocorná has been since the 1980s a touristic place for many people, and since 2006, the government, believing in all the potential Cocorná has for it, has been sponsoring economical investments in the area.
New hotels, and many projects that involve new jobs, are the result of that.
Sites of interest
- Rivers where people can practice fishing, or simply enjoy the natural pools formatted by the river
- Water Falls there are many and very near to the municipality
- Forest very well conserved
- Landscape
See also
In Spanish: Cocorná para niños
