Honda, Tolima

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Honda
Municipality and town
Honda Tolima Calle de las trampas.jpg
Most popular street in Honda (Calle de las trampas)
Flag of Honda (Tolima).svg
Escudo de Honda.svg
Nickname: 
"The Bridge City"
Colombia - Tolima - Honda.svg
Location of the municipality and town of Honda in Tolima Department.
CountryFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Department Tolima
Government
  MayorAlberto Arce Camacho
Area
   Municipality and town304.9 km2 (117.7 sq mi)
  Urban
10.15 km2 (3.92 sq mi)
Elevation
229 m (751 ft)
Population
 (2018 census) [1]
   Municipality and town24,693
  Density81/km2 (210/sq mi)
   Urban
23,658
  Urban density2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5

Honda (IPA: [onda] ) is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 24,693 as of the census 2018. [1] Along with Líbano, Honda is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Líbano-Honda. The main industries of Honda are tourism, fishing, and cattle-ranching.

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Toponymy (name origin)

Honda takes its name from the Ondaimas, the indigenous people that inhabited the banks of the Magdalena river and the region where the city lies today.

Honda is called "the City of Bridges" with more than 40 of them on the rivers Magdalena, Gualí, Guarinó, and Quebrada Seca. It is also called the "City of Peace" as it escaped most of the violence of the 1950s. [2]

History

Honda and the Magdalena in the foreground Honda (Colombia).jpg
Honda and the Magdalena in the foreground

Honda was founded on August 24, 1539 by Francisco Nuñez Pedroso. The "golden age" of the city was between 1850 and 1910 when the Magdalena river constituted the only means of transportation between the Caribbean coast and the inland city of Bogotá. The city was the main river port of the country and all the imported goods and articles arrived in Bogotá through the port of Honda.

Because of its historical importance, Honda was named a Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) of Colombia in 2010. As of March 2021, it is the only municipality in the Middle Magdalena Valley region that has been awarded this distinction. [3]

Climate

Climate data for Honda (Esperanza La), elevation 222 m (728 ft), (1981–2010)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)33.0
(91.4)
33.2
(91.8)
33.1
(91.6)
32.7
(90.9)
32.7
(90.9)
33.6
(92.5)
34.9
(94.8)
35.5
(95.9)
34.2
(93.6)
32.4
(90.3)
32.0
(89.6)
32.3
(90.1)
33.3
(91.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)27.5
(81.5)
27.8
(82.0)
27.7
(81.9)
27.4
(81.3)
27.4
(81.3)
27.7
(81.9)
28.6
(83.5)
29.1
(84.4)
28.5
(83.3)
27.4
(81.3)
27.0
(80.6)
27.3
(81.1)
27.7
(81.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)22.1
(71.8)
22.2
(72.0)
22.4
(72.3)
22.5
(72.5)
22.5
(72.5)
22.4
(72.3)
21.9
(71.4)
22.2
(72.0)
22.2
(72.0)
22.1
(71.8)
22.1
(71.8)
22.4
(72.3)
22.2
(72.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)51.2
(2.02)
75.3
(2.96)
117.9
(4.64)
194.8
(7.67)
178.1
(7.01)
71.1
(2.80)
57.3
(2.26)
74.8
(2.94)
140.2
(5.52)
214.1
(8.43)
211.1
(8.31)
112.6
(4.43)
1,498.5
(59.00)
Average precipitation days891217171091014191712154
Average relative humidity (%)76757679787367657178808075
Mean monthly sunshine hours 201.5166.6151.9147.0176.7180.0207.7204.6180.0173.6174.0189.12,152.7
Mean daily sunshine hours 6.55.94.94.95.76.06.76.66.05.65.86.15.9
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Citypopulation.de Population of Honda municipality with localities
  2. "HONDA: "Ciudad de la Paz", "Ciudad de los Puentes"" (in Spanish). Informativo Colombiano. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. "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.
  4. "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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