Yumbo
title: "Yumbo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-valle-del-cauca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1536", "1536-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumbo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Yumbo |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_flag | Flag of Yumbo (Valle del Cauca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo_de_Yumbo_(Valle_del_Cauca).svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Valle del Cauca - Yumbo.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Yumbo in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia |
| pushpin_map | Colombia |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Colombia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Valle del Cauca Department |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | David Murgueitio Fernando Cardenas |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1536 |
| founder | Miguel Muñoz |
| established_title1 | Incorporated |
| established_date1 | 1864 |
| area_total_km2 | 230.6 |
| area_urban_km2 | 31.6 |
| population_as_of | 2020 est. |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 110069 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 95072 |
| population_density_urban_km2 | auto |
| population_demonym | Yumbo |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 855 |
| area_code | 57 + 2 |
| website | Official website |
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Yumbo is a small, industrial city and municipality in western Colombia. It is located in the Valle del Cauca Department, just north of Cali. In 2020, the municipality had a population of approximately 110,000.
History
Modern Yumbo was founded in 1536 by Miguel Muñoz.
Climate
Yumbo has a relatively dry but extremely foggy and sunless tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) not unlike the climate of Bogotá except substantially hotter due to the lower elevation.
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Yumbo (Buitrera La), elevation 1500 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 26.1 |Feb high C = 26.6 |Mar high C = 26.3 |Apr high C = 26.0 |May high C = 25.6 |Jun high C = 25.8 |Jul high C = 26.7 |Aug high C = 27.5 |Sep high C = 27.0 |Oct high C = 26.0 |Nov high C = 25.1 |Dec high C = 25.4 | year high C = 26.2 |Jan mean C = 20.6 |Feb mean C = 20.9 |Mar mean C = 20.9 |Apr mean C = 20.7 |May mean C = 20.6 |Jun mean C = 20.7 |Jul mean C = 21.1 |Aug mean C = 21.2 |Sep mean C = 20.9 |Oct mean C = 20.5 |Nov mean C = 20.0 |Dec mean C = 20.2 | year mean C = 20.7 |Jan low C = 16.6 |Feb low C = 16.5 |Mar low C = 16.6 |Apr low C = 16.6 |May low C = 16.7 |Jun low C = 16.5 |Jul low C = 16.3 |Aug low C = 16.3 |Sep low C = 16.2 |Oct low C = 16.3 |Nov low C = 16.3 |Dec low C = 16.4 | year low C = 16.4 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 64.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 59.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 106.7 |Apr precipitation mm = 143.2 |May precipitation mm = 119.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 69.9 |Jul precipitation mm = 44.8 |Aug precipitation mm = 40.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 71.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 124.8 |Nov precipitation mm = 122.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 79.3 |year precipitation mm = 1047.4 | Jan precipitation days = 9 | Feb precipitation days = 9 | Mar precipitation days = 12 | Apr precipitation days = 15 | May precipitation days = 13 | Jun precipitation days = 9 | Jul precipitation days = 7 | Aug precipitation days = 6 | Sep precipitation days = 9 | Oct precipitation days = 15 | Nov precipitation days = 14 | Dec precipitation days = 10 | year precipitation days = 128 | Jan humidity = 85 | Feb humidity = 85 | Mar humidity = 86 | Apr humidity = 87 | May humidity = 88 | Jun humidity = 87 | Jul humidity = 84 | Aug humidity = 82 | Sep humidity = 83 | Oct humidity = 86 | Nov humidity = 88 | Dec humidity = 88 | year humidity = 86 |Jan sun = 108.5 |Feb sun = 98.8 |Mar sun = 99.2 |Apr sun = 84.0 |May sun = 80.6 |Jun sun = 87.0 |Jul sun = 127.1 |Aug sun = 142.6 |Sep sun = 111.0 |Oct sun = 93.0 |Nov sun = 78.0 |Dec sun = 83.7 |year sun = |Jand sun = 3.5 |Febd sun = 3.5 |Mard sun = 3.2 |Aprd sun = 2.8 |Mayd sun = 2.6 |Jund sun = 2.9 |Juld sun = 4.1 |Augd sun = 4.6 |Sepd sun = 3.7 |Octd sun = 3.0 |Novd sun = 2.6 |Decd sun = 2.7 |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}}
Transportation
The closest airport that services the city is Cali's international airport, which is in Palmira and is called Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport (CLO) or Palmaseca. Many airlines provide service for the airport, including American Airlines, AeroRepública, Spain's Iberia and Avianca, Colombia's largest airline.
Education
The Universidad del Valle has a campus in Yumbo. Its address is located at Calle 2 Norte No. 1A - 105 Barrio Las Vegas.
Industry
The city of Yumbo is known to be a rough area with a few factories, including concrete plants, which causes air pollution in that area. Bico International, a company that makes a complete line of school and office products, has a production plant in Yumbo, where it exports to various countries in Latin America. In August 2006, SABMiller plc, one of the world’s leading brewers, announced it would invest $175 million US dollars in a new brewery in Yumbo, in order to keep pace with growing demand in the western Colombia. The new brewery, which will become operational in late 2007, will have an initial capacity of 350 million litres, increasing to 450 million litres by 2009. It will replace an existing 130 million litre facility in the central Cali, which is almost 80 years old and is on a site that can no longer be expanded. The new plant will be built on a high technological level and will provide employment for approximately 200 people. It will also include two new bottling lines, a keg plant and a new can line by the year 2009.
References
References
- [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/admin/valle_del_cauca/76892__yumbo/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Yumbo municipality
- {{in lang. es [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/revistas/credencial/sept2001/ciudades.htm Fundaciones de ciudades y poblaciones] - [[Banco de la República]]
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