Restrepo, Meta Explained

Restrepo, Meta
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Colombia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Colombia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Meta Department
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:289
Population As Of:Census 2018[2]
Population Total:17610
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Colombia Standard Time
Utc Offset:-5
Elevation M:570
Blank Name:Climate

Restrepo is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia.

Climate

Restrepo has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with very heavy rainfall year round and extremely heavy rainfall from April to October. Precipitation exceeds 1000-1NaN-1 in May and June. It is the wettest place in the department of Meta, and one of the wettest places in the world, receiving comparable rainfall to the more famously wet Chocó region on the opposite side of the Andes.

References

4.25°N -73.5667°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Municipalities of Colombia. statoids. 7 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018. DANE. es . 7 May 2020.