Yondó
Yondó is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The first settlers arrived around 10,000 BC; archaeological site. The town was founded in 1941 to lodge the, at that time, discovered Casabe oilfield's engineers and workers of Shell Colombia S.A.(SCSA) Subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. The town became a municipality in 1979. It is a Magdalena river port, across a river from Barrancabermeja, where Colombia's oldest and largest oil refinery is located.
* 07° 00' 28" latitude North; 73° 54' 51" longitude West; 75 m a.s.l. altitude
* Surface area 1,903 km²:
* 30.2% natural forests, mostly secondary
* 55.1% pastures
* 10.6% secondary growth
* Annual rainfall 2,799 mm, no month below 100 mm; mean temperature year around 27.2 °C
* Total population 12,562; ca. 50% urban in the town seat, 50% rural
* 07° 00' 28" latitude North; 73° 54' 51" longitude West; 75 m a.s.l. altitude
* Surface area 1,903 km²:
* 30.2% natural forests, mostly secondary
* 55.1% pastures
* 10.6% secondary growth
* Annual rainfall 2,799 mm, no month below 100 mm; mean temperature year around 27.2 °C
* Total population 12,562; ca. 50% urban in the town seat, 50% rural
Map - Yondó
Map
Country - Colombia
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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COP | Colombian peso | $ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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ES | Spanish language |