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Santa Cruz de Lorica - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 9°13′54″N 75°49′11″W / 9.23167°N 75.8197°W

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Santa Cruz de Lorica Loriquero/a
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Santa Cruz de Lorica in the Córdoba Department of Colombia.
Santa Cruz de Lorica Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 9°13′54″N 75°49′11″W / 9.23167°N 75.81972°W / 9.23167; -75.81972
Country	Colombia
Department	Córdoba Department
Founded	1740
Government
• Mayor	Francisco José Jattin Corrales
Area
• Municipality and town	951 km² (367 sq mi)
• Urban	7.88 km² (3.04 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population (2020 est.)^[1]
• Municipality and town	115,461
• Density	120/km² (310/sq mi)
• Urban	54,430
• Urban density	6,900/km² (18,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Loriquero
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Area code	57 + 4
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

Santa Cruz de Lorica is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia.

Lorica was named a Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) of Colombia in 2010. It is the only municipality near the Caribbean coast that was selected to be part of the Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio original cohort.^[2]

As per 2020 estimates, the population of Santa Cruz de Lorica was 115,461, with a density ratio of 120 persons per square kilometer.

Climate

Climate data for Lorica (Doctrina La), elevation 30 m (98 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	32.0 (89.6)	32.2 (90.0)	32.2 (90.0)	32.3 (90.1)	31.8 (89.2)	31.9 (89.4)	32.0 (89.6)	31.7 (89.1)	31.3 (88.3)	31.1 (88.0)	31.4 (88.5)	31.9 (89.4)	31.8 (89.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.4 (81.3)	27.6 (81.7)	27.8 (82.0)	28.1 (82.6)	27.9 (82.2)	28.0 (82.4)	28.0 (82.4)	27.8 (82.0)	27.5 (81.5)	27.3 (81.1)	27.4 (81.3)	27.4 (81.3)	27.7 (81.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23.7 (74.7)	23.9 (75.0)	24.6 (76.3)	25.0 (77.0)	24.8 (76.6)	24.6 (76.3)	24.3 (75.7)	24.2 (75.6)	24.2 (75.6)	24.2 (75.6)	24.2 (75.6)	24.0 (75.2)	24.3 (75.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	11.4 (0.45)	5.8 (0.23)	22.2 (0.87)	79.2 (3.12)	175.8 (6.92)	152.1 (5.99)	174.7 (6.88)	191.5 (7.54)	191.9 (7.56)	189.5 (7.46)	126.9 (5.00)	43.8 (1.72)	1,326.9 (52.24)
Average precipitation days	2	1	2	6	14	13	13	15	14	14	10	5	105
Average relative humidity (%)	83	82	82	82	85	85	84	85	85	86	85	84	84
Mean monthly sunshine hours	238.7	194.8	198.4	153.0	133.3	141.0	173.6	167.4	141.0	142.6	156.0	198.4	2,038.2
Mean daily sunshine hours	7.7	6.9	6.4	5.1	4.3	4.7	5.6	5.4	4.7	4.6	5.2	6.4	5.6
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[3]

Climate data for Lorica, elevation 30 m (98 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	33.4 (92.1)	33.8 (92.8)	33.9 (93.0)	33.6 (92.5)	32.5 (90.5)	32.6 (90.7)	32.7 (90.9)	32.6 (90.7)	31.9 (89.4)	31.4 (88.5)	31.7 (89.1)	32.4 (90.3)	32.7 (90.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	27.3 (81.1)	27.5 (81.5)	27.8 (82.0)	28.0 (82.4)	27.7 (81.9)	27.6 (81.7)	27.6 (81.7)	27.5 (81.5)	27.2 (81.0)	27.0 (80.6)	27.1 (80.8)	27.3 (81.1)	27.5 (81.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23.3 (73.9)	23.6 (74.5)	24.2 (75.6)	24.5 (76.1)	24.3 (75.7)	23.9 (75.0)	23.6 (74.5)	23.6 (74.5)	23.3 (73.9)	23.6 (74.5)	23.7 (74.7)	23.6 (74.5)	23.8 (74.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	11.5 (0.45)	13.4 (0.53)	24.3 (0.96)	93.9 (3.70)	151.8 (5.98)	145.4 (5.72)	144.7 (5.70)	173.5 (6.83)	177.6 (6.99)	152.0 (5.98)	126.6 (4.98)	38.7 (1.52)	1,253.3 (49.34)
Average precipitation days	2	2	2	9	14	14	14	15	15	15	12	5	117
Average relative humidity (%)	82	81	80	82	86	86	85	85	87	87	87	84	84
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[3]

References

(in Spanish) Gobernacion de Cordoba - Santa Cruz de Lorica^{[dead link‍]}
(in Spanish) Santa Cruz de Lorica official website

^ Citypopulation.de Population of Santa Cruz de Lorica municipality
^ "GUÍA: Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio de Colombia" (PDF). Fondo Nacional de Turismo de la República de Colombia - FONTUR. Dec 2020. Retrieved 29 Mar 2021.
^ ^a ^b "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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