Hatonuevo
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| settlement_type | town |
| official_name | Hatonuevo |
| image_flag | Flag of Hatonuevo (La Guajira).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Hatonuevo.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - La Guajira - Hato Nuevo.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the town and municipality of Hato Nuevo in the Department of La Guajira. |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_type2 | Department |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_name1 | Caribbean |
| subdivision_name2 | La Guajira |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Rafael Ángel Ojeda Brito |
| established_title | Foundation |
| established_date | 1840 |
| area_total_km2 | 347 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_note | |
| population_total | 24910 |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| latd | |
| longd | |
| elevation_m | 50 |
| blank_name | Climate |
| blank_info | Aw |
| website | |
| www.laguajira.gov.co/turismo/hatonuevo | |
| footnotes | * |
| :: |
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Hatonuevo (), Spanish for New Herd, Is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. A municipality of the La Guajira Department since 1994, it has a population of approximately 17,014 inhabitants, the majority of which being workers of El Cerrejon coal mine.
The town has an extension of 347 km2 and is located an altitude of 50 meters above sea level with an average temperature of 28 °C throughout the year. It is 75 km away from the capital of La Guajira Department, Riohacha.
History
Coal mining
BHP and its joint venture partners, Anglo American and Glencore, became equal owners of the Cerrejon Zona Norte (CZN) coal mine in Colombia in February 2002, When they acquired International Colombia Resources Corporation (Intercor) from ExxonMobil, Which held the mine's remaining 50 per cent ownership and operational interests. A new company, Cerrejon Coal Company, was formed, combining CZN and Carbones del Cerrejon. Situated within the mining lease is the village of Tabaco. The acquisition has proceeded in accordance with Colombian law. As part of the legal process, a survey was conducted to determine whether the people of the village wanted to sell their possession rights or be relocated. The survey established that there were 213 possession rights in Tabaco, of which 8 were municipal public properties, 151 were unoccupied lands or houses and 54 were occupied dwellings.
Some 95% of the possessors said they did not want resettlement and wanted to negotiate directly. Subsequently, 192 out of 213 possession rights were settled; and acquisition of the 8 public properties was negotiated with the municipality of HN. In August 2001, the remaining 13 possession rights were acquired through an expropriation process ordered by national judges in accordance with the Colombian Mining Law. Court action was initiated on behalf of those people who had not agreed to sell their possession rights; and, in May 2002, the Colombian Supreme Court ordered that the municipality of HN provide primary education and housing infrastructure support for children of this group. While schooling is provided free to students, there are associated expenses for such items as educational materials. Following a review at the end of 2002, it was decided the funding should be provided directly to the schools attended by the children. Through the Fundación Nuestra Señora del Pilar, assistance has been given to the school in HN for a cafeteria and to the school in Patilla for school furniture and materials.
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Hatonuevo (Mina La), elevation 80 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 32.2 |Feb high C = 32.7 |Mar high C = 33.6 |Apr high C = 34.0 |May high C = 34.1 |Jun high C = 34.5 |Jul high C = 34.9 |Aug high C = 35.4 |Sep high C = 34.4 |Oct high C = 33.1 |Nov high C = 31.9 |Dec high C = 31.5 | year high C = 33.6 |Jan mean C = 27.4 |Feb mean C = 27.9 |Mar mean C = 28.7 |Apr mean C = 29.1 |May mean C = 29.1 |Jun mean C = 29.5 |Jul mean C = 29.9 |Aug mean C = 29.8 |Sep mean C = 28.7 |Oct mean C = 27.9 |Nov mean C = 27.5 |Dec mean C = 27.1 | year mean C = 28.6 |Jan low C = 23.2 |Feb low C = 23.5 |Mar low C = 23.9 |Apr low C = 24.5 |May low C = 24.5 |Jun low C = 24.8 |Jul low C = 25.1 |Aug low C = 25.0 |Sep low C = 24.2 |Oct low C = 23.9 |Nov low C = 23.9 |Dec low C = 23.4 | year low C = 24.1 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 10.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 5.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 12.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 70.0 |May precipitation mm = 115.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 51.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 60.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 88.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 148.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 146.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 164.1 |Dec precipitation mm = 64.1 |year precipitation mm = 937.9 | Jan precipitation days = 3 | Feb precipitation days = 2 | Mar precipitation days = 2 | Apr precipitation days = 6 | May precipitation days = 10 | Jun precipitation days = 8 | Jul precipitation days = 6 | Aug precipitation days = 10 | Sep precipitation days = 14 | Oct precipitation days = 15 | Nov precipitation days = 13 | Dec precipitation days = 7 | year precipitation days = 95 | Jan humidity = 71 | Feb humidity = 69 | Mar humidity = 68 | Apr humidity = 70 | May humidity = 74 | Jun humidity = 71 | Jul humidity = 67 | Aug humidity = 69 | Sep humidity = 75 | Oct humidity = 78 | Nov humidity = 79 | Dec humidity = 76 | year humidity = 72 |Jan sun = 263.5 |Feb sun = 223.0 |Mar sun = 220.1 |Apr sun = 195.0 |May sun = 186.0 |Jun sun = 219.0 |Jul sun = 241.8 |Aug sun = 229.4 |Sep sun = 192.0 |Oct sun = 195.3 |Nov sun = 201.0 |Dec sun = 244.9 |year sun = |Jand sun = 8.5 |Febd sun = 7.9 |Mard sun = 7.1 |Aprd sun = 6.5 |Mayd sun = 6.0 |Jund sun = 7.3 |Juld sun = 7.8 |Augd sun = 7.4 |Sepd sun = 6.4 |Octd sun = 6.3 |Novd sun = 6.7 |Decd sun = 7.9 |yeard sun = |source 1 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales{{cite web |url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010 |publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales |language=es |access-date= 17 June 2024 |url-status=dead}}
References
References
- "Observatorio del Caribe Colombiano: Grupo Regional de investigación en economía y competitividad en el Caribe colombiano by Weildler Guerra, Paola Quintero, Jorge Quintero and Ana María Maldonado".
- (2003). "Acquisition of Tabaco village in Colombia provides lessons for future resettlement projects". [[BHP.
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