Yopal
Sign in to saveYopal () is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia and the second most populated and important city in the Orinoquía region after Villavicencio.
Key facts
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- Yopal
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- Municipality and town
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- Top: Yopal from the Chamber of Commerce, Second: Cultural center, Third: El Alcaraván Airport, Four: Nunchía Avenue
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- Flag of Yopal.svg
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- Colombia - Casanare - Yopal.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town of Yopal in the Casanare Department of Colombia.
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- Colombia
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Region
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- Orinoquía Region
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- Department
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- Casanare Department
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- Founded
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- 1915
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- Incorporated
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- History
- Geographic information
- Born in Yopal
- Climate
- References
- External links
Yopal () is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia and the second most populated and important city in the Orinoquía region after Villavicencio.
== History == Before the period of the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the land on which Yopal stands was occupied by the indigenous Achagua people. The name Yopal descends from the region's abundance of Anadenanthera peregrina, often otherwise called yopo. == Geographic information == left|thumb|269x269px|Skyline of Yopal from the Cerro Buena vista (Buena Vista Hill) Population: 191.133 inhabitants Elevation: Area: Distance from Bogotá: Median temperature: == Born in Yopal == Camila Avella, Model and Miss Universe Colombia 2023 Jeffry Romero, professional cyclist == Climate == Yopal has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Although it borders closely on a tropical savanna climate (Aw), Yopal’s climate is much more typical of a tropical monsoon climate in having a short but distinct dry season that covers the months of December to March, and a very long wet season covering the remaining eight months.