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Santa Marta

Colombia
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Santa Marta

Santa Marta is a city in the Magdalena Department of Colombia's Costa Norte.

Santa Marta is located on Santa Marta Bay of the Caribbean Sea in the province of Magdalena. It is 992 km from Bogotá and 93 km from Barranquilla. It is bordered to the north and west by the Caribbean and to the south by the municipalities of Aracataca and Ciénaga.

Santa Marta's economy is based on tourism, trade, port activities, fishing and agriculture, in that order. The main agricultural products are: bananas, coffee, cocoa and cassava.

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Climate

Average temperatures

Jan

33°C22.3
Precipitation: 3.1 mm

Feb

33.6°C23.2
Precipitation: 2 mm

Mar

33.8°C24.2
Precipitation: 2.3 mm

Apr

33.6°C25.3
Precipitation: 14.1 mm

May

32.9°C25.5
Precipitation: 55.4 mm

Jun

33°C25.1
Precipitation: 60.7 mm

Jul

33°C24.6
Precipitation: 59.6 mm

Aug

32.8°C24.5
Precipitation: 70 mm

Sep

32.5°C24.3
Precipitation: 88.3 mm

Oct

32.1°C24.2
Precipitation: 111 mm

Nov

32.1°C23.8
Precipitation: 63.5 mm

Dec

32.4°C22.7
Precipitation: 15.2 mm
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