Caramanta is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

n department of

Antioquia Antioquia is the Spanish form of Antioch. Antioquia may also refer to: * Antioquia Department Antioquia () is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders th ...

. It is part of the sub-region of

Southwestern Antioquia Southwestern Antioquia is a subregion in the Colombian Departments of Colombia, Department of Antioquia Department, Antioquia. The region is made up of 24 Municipalities of Colombia, municipalities and is part of the Colombian coffee growing axis, ...

Climate

Caramanta has a

subtropical highland climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring c ...

(Cfb). It has heavy rainfall year round.

References

Municipalities of Antioquia Department {{Antioquia-geo-stub