Puerto Alegría | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Amazonas Department |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 1277[1] |
Coordinates: | -1.0333°N -76°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Puerto Alegría (pronounced as /es/) is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Amazonas. Puerto Alegria was founded by Orlando Benjumea and Reinaldo Martínez, and officially recognized by the Colombian government as a municipality on January 1, 1981. The area contributes to Colombia's agricultural industry with its cultivation of yucca, corn, plantains, fruits, and avocado farms; it also produces livestock such as laying hens, cows, and pigs.[2] The town of Puerto Alegria has a population of 1,531 people, and has a population density of just 0.2/ km2 . In 2005, the population was 1,277. Overall, it has a land area of 87742NaN2 and lies an altitude of 156m (512feet) above sea level. Ingrid Camacho Nini Stella is the town's mayor.
Puerto Alegría has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.