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Yumbo
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Location of the municipality and town of Yumbo in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia
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 Yumbo
Location in Colombia
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| Country |  Colombia |
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| Department | Valle del Cauca Department | ||
| Founded | 1536 | ||
| Incorporated | 1864 | ||
| Founded by | Miguel Muñoz | ||
| Area | |||
| • Municipality and town | 230.6 km2 (89.0 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 31.6 km2 (12.2 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 855 m (2,805 ft) | ||
| Population
(2020 est.)
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| • Municipality and town | 110,069 | ||
| • Density | 477.32/km2 (1,236.24/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 95,072 | ||
| • Urban density | 3,009/km2 (7,792/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Yumbo | ||
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) | ||
| Area code(s) | 57 + 2 | ||
| Website | Official website: http://www.yumbo.gov.co/ | ||
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Yumbo is a city and a municipality in western Colombia. It's known for its many factories and businesses. Yumbo is located in the Valle del Cauca Department, which is a part of Colombia. It is just north of a bigger city called Cali. In 2020, about 110,000 people lived in Yumbo.
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History of Yumbo
The modern city of Yumbo was started in 1536. It was founded by a person named Miguel Muñoz.
Climate in Yumbo
Yumbo has a tropical savanna climate. This means it's usually warm all year round. It can be quite dry, but it also gets a lot of fog and doesn't have as much sunshine as some other places. Even though it's foggy, it's much hotter than a city like Bogotá because Yumbo is at a lower elevation.
| Climate data for Yumbo (Buitrera La), elevation 1,500 m (4,900 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.1 (79.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 64.8 (2.55) |
59.5 (2.34) |
106.7 (4.20) |
143.2 (5.64) |
119.5 (4.70) |
69.9 (2.75) |
44.8 (1.76) |
40.8 (1.61) |
71.7 (2.82) |
124.8 (4.91) |
122.3 (4.81) |
79.3 (3.12) |
1,047.4 (41.24) |
| Average precipitation days | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 128 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 85 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 84 | 82 | 83 | 86 | 88 | 88 | 86 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 108.5 | 98.8 | 99.2 | 84.0 | 80.6 | 87.0 | 127.1 | 142.6 | 111.0 | 93.0 | 78.0 | 83.7 | 1,193.5 |
| Mean daily sunshine hours | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales | |||||||||||||
Getting Around: Transportation
The closest airport to Yumbo is Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport. This airport is located in Palmira. Many airlines fly to this airport. Some of these include American Airlines, AeroRepública, Iberia from Spain, and Avianca, which is Colombia's biggest airline.
Learning in Yumbo: Education
Yumbo has a campus of the Universidad del Valle. This is a university where students can go to learn and get higher education.
What Yumbo Makes: Industry
Yumbo is known for its many factories. These include plants that make concrete. These factories help the economy but can also cause some air pollution.
One company, Bico International, has a factory in Yumbo. They make school and office products. These products are then sent to many different countries in Latin America.
Another big company, SABMiller plc, which makes drinks, built a new factory in Yumbo. They invested a lot of money to build it. This new factory helps them make more drinks to meet the demand in western Colombia. It replaced an older factory in Cali. The new factory is very modern and provides jobs for about 200 people. It also has new lines for bottling and canning drinks.
See also
In Spanish: Yumbo para niños
