Yopal () is a municipality and capital city of the
department of
Casanare in
Colombia.
History
During the period of the
Spanish colonization of the Americas, the land on which Yopal stands was occupied by the indigenous
Achagua people. The name Yopal descends from the region's abundance of ''
Anadenanthera peregrina'', often otherwise called yopo.
Geographic information
*Population: 150 000 inhabitants
*Elevation:
*Area:
*Distance from
Bogotá:
*Median temperature:
Climate
Yopal has a
tropical monsoon climate
An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...
(Köppen ''Am''). Although it borders closely on a
tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...
(''Aw''), Yopal’s climate is much more typical of a tropical monsoon climate in having a short but distinct
dry season
The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The te ...
that covers the months of December to March, and a very long
wet season
The wet season (sometimes called the Rainy season) is the time of year when most of a region's average annual rainfall occurs. It is the time of year where the majority of a country's or region's annual precipitation occurs. Generally, the sea ...
covering the remaining eight months.
Born in Yopal
*
Jeffry Romero, professional cyclist
* Andres Badillo Entrepreneur
* Mechs, streamer of League of Legends
References
External links
*
Yopal official website*
La Voz de Yopal (Radio)
Municipalities of Casanare Department
Capitals of Colombian departments
{{Casanare-geo-stub