Samaniego (Spanish pronunciation: [samaˈnjeɣo]) is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia.

Samaniego
Municipality and town
Flag of Samaniego
Official seal of Samaniego
Location of the municipality and town of Samaniego, Nariño, in the Nariño Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Samaniego, Nariño, in the Nariño Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentNariño Department
Population
 (2020 est.[1])
 • Total
49,085
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Samaniego is known as the landscape's city and musical of Nariño. The majority of the city's population is dedicated to coffee and sugar cane to manufacture a handcrafted product named Panela, similar to sugar. Their coffee is known for its amazing softness and great smell of this form finding the greatest treasure unknown for the world to have the best coffee in the world of a unmatched quality that can be found in the principal market in the city Friday and Saturday made handcrafted in first place removing impurities in the coffee manually grain by grain and after it is toasted in firewood into of and mud skillet together at the privileged mountains sprinkled in the volcanic ashes of the Galeras Volcano, Samaniego is known for having the principal youngest musical competition in Nariño, called the Departmental Competition of Musical Bands and Meeting of Dances in Nariño, where 20 musical bands have a competition to be the best band in Nariño and represent Nariño in other band competitions like in the Vega - Cundinamarca, San Pedro - Valle and Paipa - Boyaca.

Eight people were killed in the August 2020 Massacre of Samaniego.[2] The victims are identified as Brayan Cuaran, Bairón Patiño, Elian Benavides, Daniel Vargas, Laura Riascos, Joan Quintero, Rubén Ibarra, and Óscar Obando.[3]

Climate

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Climate data for Samaniego (Tanama), elevation 1,500 m (4,900 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 25.0
(77.0)
25.5
(77.9)
25.4
(77.7)
25.3
(77.5)
25.5
(77.9)
25.6
(78.1)
26.2
(79.2)
26.8
(80.2)
26.7
(80.1)
25.7
(78.3)
24.9
(76.8)
24.8
(76.6)
25.6
(78.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 19.5
(67.1)
19.7
(67.5)
19.8
(67.6)
19.8
(67.6)
19.9
(67.8)
19.9
(67.8)
20.0
(68.0)
20.2
(68.4)
20.0
(68.0)
19.8
(67.6)
19.5
(67.1)
19.5
(67.1)
19.8
(67.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 14.5
(58.1)
14.4
(57.9)
14.5
(58.1)
14.8
(58.6)
14.9
(58.8)
14.4
(57.9)
13.7
(56.7)
13.7
(56.7)
13.9
(57.0)
14.6
(58.3)
14.8
(58.6)
14.8
(58.6)
14.4
(57.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 113.1
(4.45)
88.7
(3.49)
130.1
(5.12)
154.0
(6.06)
129.5
(5.10)
65.5
(2.58)
36.5
(1.44)
32.6
(1.28)
76.0
(2.99)
182.4
(7.18)
169.7
(6.68)
149.4
(5.88)
1,327.3
(52.26)
Average precipitation days 14 12 14 17 16 11 8 7 9 17 20 18 163
Average relative humidity (%) 82 82 82 82 82 80 76 74 76 81 83 83 80
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Resultados y proyecciones (2005–2020) del censo 2005". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ Pardo, Daniel (16 August 2020). "Una nueva matanza de jóvenes deja en evidencia el recrudecimiento de la violencia en Colombia". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  3. ^ "Violencia en Colombia: seis jóvenes fueron asesinados en otra masacre y ya son 27 las víctimas en menos de dos semanas". infobae (in European Spanish). August 22, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  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.

1°21′N 77°36′W / 1.350°N 77.600°W / 1.350; -77.600