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Salazar de las Palmas

Coordinates: 7°46′25″N 72°48′44″W / 7.77361°N 72.81222°W / 7.77361; -72.81222
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Salazar de las Palmas
San Pablo Parish
Cinera Park
Virgen de Belén Chapel
Víctor Manuel Guerrero Monument
Salazar River
Clockwise from top: San Pablo Parish, Virgen de Belén Chapel, Salazar River, Víctor Guerrero Monument and Cinera Park
Flag of Salazar de las Palmas
Official seal of Salazar de las Palmas
Location of the municipality and town of Salazar de las Palmas in the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Salazar de las Palmas in the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentNorte de Santander Department
Area
 • Municipality of Colombia34 km2 (13 sq mi)
Elevation
845 m (2,772 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Municipality of Colombia8,964
 • Density260/km2 (680/sq mi)
 • Urban
3,747
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Salazar de las Palmas (Spanish pronunciation: [salaˈsaɾ ðe las ˈpalmas]) is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of North of Santander.

Etymology

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The municipality bears the name of Salazar in honor of the oidor Alonso Pérez de Salazar [es], in addition to the fact that "Las Palmas" refers to the fact that when the town was established it was characterized by a large vegetation of palm trees.[1]

History

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In 1583, Captain Alonso Esteban Rangel founded Salazar de las Palmas.[2] The village was established to facilitate access to the Madgalena River in the New Kingdom of Granada, in addition to creating a new frontier with the Motilones natives.[3]

Heritage sites

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The construction of the parish church of San Pablo began in 1889, it was blessed by the bishop of the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona, Evaristo Blanco in 1915.[4] It is estimated that the cost of the construction of the church was two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.[4] As of 1953, the municipal seat had two churches, the parish of San Pablo with a modern style architecture and the old chapel of Belén, made of adobe and tapia materials.[5] The Belén chapel suffered damage to one of its towers after the earthquake of 1875.[5] The chapel has an retable of Nuestra Señora de Belén, which is believed to have been found by a woman named Lucía in one of the stones of the Trinidad Creek in the 1600s.[6]

Nature reserves

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The Santurban Regional Natural Park in Salazar de las Palmas [es] comprises approximately 19,088 hectares delimited by CORPONOR.[7] The municipality also has several lagoons such as Los Bueyes, Peroneo and Triaca. Salazar has the northern lagoon complex of Cáchira (Spanish: Complejo Lagunar Norte Cáchira), which also includes parts of the Arboledas and Cáchira municipalities.[8] The Regional Natural Park, abbreviated as PNR, was declared by agreement number 020 of 2013 and it is located in the northern lagoon complex.[9]

Climate

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Climate data for Salazar de las Palmas (Francisco Romero), elevation 1,000 m (3,300 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 26.3
(79.3)
26.5
(79.7)
26.7
(80.1)
27.4
(81.3)
28.3
(82.9)
28.2
(82.8)
28.5
(83.3)
29.3
(84.7)
29.2
(84.6)
28.1
(82.6)
27.1
(80.8)
26.3
(79.3)
27.7
(81.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 21.7
(71.1)
22.0
(71.6)
22.4
(72.3)
22.9
(73.2)
23.3
(73.9)
23.1
(73.6)
23.1
(73.6)
23.5
(74.3)
23.5
(74.3)
23.0
(73.4)
22.5
(72.5)
21.9
(71.4)
22.7
(72.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 17.8
(64.0)
18.0
(64.4)
18.6
(65.5)
19.3
(66.7)
19.1
(66.4)
18.6
(65.5)
18.2
(64.8)
18.5
(65.3)
18.5
(65.3)
18.4
(65.1)
18.3
(64.9)
17.8
(64.0)
18.5
(65.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 127.9
(5.04)
123.4
(4.86)
158.9
(6.26)
288.9
(11.37)
257.6
(10.14)
76.5
(3.01)
88.2
(3.47)
144.0
(5.67)
280.7
(11.05)
444.4
(17.50)
418.6
(16.48)
239.4
(9.43)
2,648.4
(104.27)
Average precipitation days 13 12 14 18 16 13 13 14 17 21 20 17 187
Average relative humidity (%) 82 81 83 82 79 77 75 74 75 79 83 83 79
Mean monthly sunshine hours 148.8 115.7 102.3 96.0 130.2 147.0 164.3 182.9 165.0 155.0 138.0 139.5 1,684.7
Mean daily sunshine hours 4.8 4.1 3.3 3.2 4.2 4.9 5.3 5.9 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.6
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[10]

References

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  1. ^ Mohalem, José de Jesús Acosta (2000). Historia de la Iglesia en Pamplona, siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII (in Spanish). Arquidiocesis de Nueva Pamplona.
  2. ^ Verea, Francisco Pérez de Salazar (1998). Semblanzas e historia de una familia en la Puebla de los Angeles (in Spanish). F.P. de Salazar Verea. ISBN 978-970-92073-0-9.
  3. ^ Grafenstein, Johanna von (2006). El Golfo-Caribe y sus puertos: 1600-1850 (in Spanish). Instituto Mora. ISBN 978-970-684-134-6.
  4. ^ a b Silva, Ramón Cárdenas (1983). Génesis de Salazar de las Palmas, 1583-1983 (in Spanish). Tipograf. Unión. p. 116.
  5. ^ a b Ramírez, Jesús Emilio (1953). El terremoto de Arboledas, Cucutilla y Salazar de Las Palmas, 8 de julio, 1950 (in Spanish). Instituto Geofísico de los Andes Colombianos. p. 39.
  6. ^ Villamizar, Néstor Cuadros (1999). Luis Elberto Uribe Bueno: su tierra, vida y obra, memorias (in Spanish). Alcaldía de Salazar de las Palmas. p. 59. ISBN 978-958-33-1041-6.
  7. ^ "Corponor declara 19.088 hectáreas como Parque Natural Regional Santurbán- Salazar de las Palmas". CORPONOR. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  8. ^ "Estudio del estado actual y plan de manejo del Páramo de Santurbán en el departamento de Norte de Santander" (PDF). CORPONOR. 2009. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  9. ^ "Estaticos". CORPONOR. 2015-11-19. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  10. ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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7°46′25″N 72°48′44″W / 7.77361°N 72.81222°W / 7.77361; -72.81222