Yopal is the capital of Casanare Department in the Orinoquía region of Colombia, at 350 meters elevation about 387 kilometers from Bogota. Before Spanish colonization the area was occupied by the indigenous Achagua people, and the city takes its name from the abundance of Anadenanthera peregrina trees, known locally as yopo. According to 2024 figures the municipality had a population of 194,079, making it, after Villavicencio, the second most populated and important city in the Orinoquía region.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Yopal (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 179,355 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 5.330556, longitude -72.390556
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 350 m
P2046 (area)
area 2532.0 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1915
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 179355 (2021)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Yopal - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3665688
5.33573 -72.3939 P PPLA CO 32 85001 168433 426 America/Bogota
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 426 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.25, -72.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 5.25, -72.25
5.25 -72.25 Am
Yopal (Wikipedia)
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Yopal (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝoˈpal]) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Casanare in Colombia and the second most populated and important city in the Orinoquía region after Villavicencio.
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