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Yopal (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝoˈpal]) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia and the second most populated and important city in the Orinoquía region after Villavicencio.




History


Before 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: 191.133 inhabitants
Elevation: 350 metres or 1,150 feet
Area: 2,771 square kilometres or 1,070 square miles
Distance from Bogotá: 387 kilometres or 240 miles
Median temperature: 26 °C or 78.8 °F




Born in Yopal


Camila Avella, Model and Miss Universe Colombia 2023
Jeffry Romero, professional cyclist
Andres Badillo Entrepreneur
Mechs, streamer of League of Legends




Climate


Yopal has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Although it borders closely on a tropical savanna climate (Aw), Yopal’s climate is much more typical of a tropical monsoon climate in having a short but distinct dry season that covers the months of December to March, and a very long wet season covering the remaining eight months.




References






External links


(in Spanish) Yopal official website
(in Spanish) La Voz de Yopal (Radio)

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• Katedral Yopal
• Keuskupan Yopal
• Departemen Casanare
• Miss Universe 2023
• Keuskupan Agung Tunja
• Konferensi Waligereja Kolombia
• Llanos
• Cakupan Google Street View
• Daftar katedral di Kolombia
• Camila Avella
• Yopal
• El Alcaraván Airport
• Casanare Department
• Alianza Petrolera F.C.
• Aerosucre
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal
• Colombia
• EYP
• Jumbo (hypermarket)
• Camila Avella