Toledo, Norte de Santander explained
Toledo, Norte de Santander |
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: | Norte de Santander Department |
Area Total Km2: | 1578 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 17283 |
Population Urban: | 4470 |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1642 |
Toledo (pronounced as /es/) is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of North Santander. It is on the border with Boyacá Department and has natural gas development in the township of Gibraltar. In August 2011 the Gibraltar to Bucaramanga gas pipeline was completed.[1]
Townships (corregimientos)
Climate
Toledo has a very wet subtropical highland climate (Cfb). It has heavy rainfall from November to February and very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from April to October.
References
- Web site: Government of Norte de Santander. Toledo. Spanish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927051851/http://www.nortedesantander.gov.co/nortedesantander/home_1/htm/cont.jsp?rec=not_1398.jsp. 2007-09-27.
- Web site: Municipal Government of Toledo, Norte de Santander. Toledo. Spanish. dead. https://archive.today/20121127075229/http://toledo-nortedesantander.gov.co/sitio.shtml. 2012-11-27.
7.3131°N -72.4875°W
Notes and References
- Nogarin, Mauro. October 2011. Mountainous Terrain Challenges Workers Building Gas Pipeline In Colombia. Pipeline & Gas Journal. 238. 10. https://web.archive.org/web/20111013054410/http://pipelineandgasjournal.com/mountainous-terrain-challenges-workers-building-gas-pipeline-colombia?page=show. 13 October 2011. live.
- Web site: Corregimiento Gilbraltar. Municipal Government of Toledo.
- Web site: Corregimiento Samoré. Municipal Government of Toledo.
- Web site: Corregimiento San Bernardo. Municipal Government of Toledo.