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Coordinates: 3°10′26″N 65°32′48″W / 3.17389°N 65.54667°W / 3.17389; -65.54667
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|official_name = La Esmeralda
{{otheruses1|the town in Venezuela}}
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[[Image:Laesmeraldamercalandflag.jpg|thumb|La Esmeralda Mercal|150px|right|La Esmeralda Mercal]]
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Amazonas State (Venezuela)|Amazonas State]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Alto Orinoco Municipality]]
|established_title = Founded
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|population_total = 20 030
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|timezone = [[Venezuelan Standard Time Zone|VET]]
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[[File:Río Orinoco a su paso por La Esmeralda. Estado Amazonas. Venezuela 05.jpg|thumb|[[Orinoco]] river crossing La Esmeralda]]
'''La Esmeralda''' ([[Ye'kuana language|Ye'kuana]]: {{lang|mch|[[wikt:Medadanña|Medadanña]]}}<ref>Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) ''Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela'', Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 8</ref><ref>de Civrieux, Marc (1980), David M. Guss, transl., ''Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle'', San Francisco: North Point Press, page 187</ref> or {{lang|mch|[[wikt:Kadawanadunña|Kadawanadunña]]}}<ref>Moreira, Maria Geralda de Almeida (2005) ''Em busca do território perdido: o reconhecimento daterra indígena Kaxarari no Brasil e da terra Ye'kuana do Alto Orinoco na Venezuela (1970-1002)'', page 158</ref>) is a small settlement in and the capital of [[Alto Orinoco Municipality]] in [[Venezuela]]’s [[Amazonas State (Venezuela)|Amazonas State]]. The name means “the emerald”. It is located on the shore of the [[Orinoco]] river, only 9 miles from the [[Casiquiare canal]] bifurcation that links it to the [[Amazon River]].


The settlement contains about a hundred homes, a school, an airfield and a military outpost.
'''La Esmeralda''' is a small settlement in [[Venezuela]]'s [[Amazonas State (Venezuela)|Amazonas State]]. The name means "the emerald". It is located on the shore of the [[Orinoco]] river.


==Geography==
The settlement contains about a hundred homes, a school, an airfield, and a military outpost.
It is located on the shore of the [[Orinoco]] river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.
===Climate===
La Esmeralda has a [[tropical rainforest climate]] (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
{{Weather box
|width = auto
| location = La Esmeralda
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 32.0
| Feb high C = 32.4
| Mar high C = 32.4
| Apr high C = 31.4
| May high C = 30.4
| Jun high C = 29.9
| Jul high C = 30.0
| Aug high C = 30.7
| Sep high C = 31.6
| Oct high C = 31.6
| Nov high C = 32.0
| Dec high C = 31.8


| Jan mean C = 27.1
La Esmeralda is located at 3°10'22.73"N lat, 65°32'32.39"W long
| Feb mean C = 27.3
| Mar mean C = 27.5
| Apr mean C = 27.1
| May mean C = 26.5
| Jun mean C = 26.2
| Jul mean C = 26.1
| Aug mean C = 26.5
| Sep mean C = 27.0
| Oct mean C = 27.0
| Nov mean C = 27.4
| Dec mean C = 27.1
| year mean C =
| Jan low C = 22.3
| Feb low C = 22.3
| Mar low C = 22.6
| Apr low C = 22.8
| May low C = 22.7
| Jun low C = 22.6
| Jul low C = 22.2
| Aug low C = 22.3
| Sep low C = 22.4
| Oct low C = 22.5
| Nov low C = 22.8
| Dec low C = 22.4
|rain colour=green
|Jan rain mm=109
|Feb rain mm=120
|Mar rain mm=163
|Apr rain mm=296
|May rain mm=356
|Jun rain mm=379
|Jul rain mm=351
|Aug rain mm=298
|Sep rain mm=194
|Oct rain mm=205
|Nov rain mm=173
|Dec rain mm=125|date=January 2021}}


==References==
[[Category:Cities in Venezuela]]
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
[[Image:Laesmeraldamercal.JPG|thumb|150px|left|La Esmeralda Mercal]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100421163113/http://www.amazonas.gob.ve/amazonas/municipios.html General information about Amazonas state in Spanish from the national government]


[[Category:Populated places in Amazonas (Venezuelan state)]]
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{{Venezuela-geo-stub}}


{{Topics related to Venezuela}}

[[pt:La Esmeralda]]

Latest revision as of 06:59, 11 March 2023

La Esmeralda
La Esmeralda is located in Venezuela
La Esmeralda
La Esmeralda
Coordinates: 3°10′26″N 65°32′48″W / 3.17389°N 65.54667°W / 3.17389; -65.54667
Country Venezuela
StateAmazonas State
MunicipalityAlto Orinoco Municipality
Founded1758; 266 years ago (1758)
Elevation
225 m (738 ft)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total
20 030
Time zoneUTC−4 (VET)
ClimateAf
Orinoco river crossing La Esmeralda

La Esmeralda (Ye'kuana: Medadanña[1][2] or Kadawanadunña[3]) is a small settlement in and the capital of Alto Orinoco Municipality in Venezuela’s Amazonas State. The name means “the emerald”. It is located on the shore of the Orinoco river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.

The settlement contains about a hundred homes, a school, an airfield and a military outpost.

Geography

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It is located on the shore of the Orinoco river, only 9 miles from the Casiquiare canal bifurcation that links it to the Amazon River.

Climate

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La Esmeralda has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Climate data for La Esmeralda
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 32.0
(89.6) 		32.4
(90.3) 		32.4
(90.3) 		31.4
(88.5) 		30.4
(86.7) 		29.9
(85.8) 		30.0
(86.0) 		30.7
(87.3) 		31.6
(88.9) 		31.6
(88.9) 		32.0
(89.6) 		31.8
(89.2) 		31.4
(88.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 27.1
(80.8) 		27.3
(81.1) 		27.5
(81.5) 		27.1
(80.8) 		26.5
(79.7) 		26.2
(79.2) 		26.1
(79.0) 		26.5
(79.7) 		27.0
(80.6) 		27.0
(80.6) 		27.4
(81.3) 		27.1
(80.8) 		26.9
(80.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.3
(72.1) 		22.3
(72.1) 		22.6
(72.7) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.7
(72.9) 		22.6
(72.7) 		22.2
(72.0) 		22.3
(72.1) 		22.4
(72.3) 		22.5
(72.5) 		22.8
(73.0) 		22.4
(72.3) 		22.5
(72.5)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 109
(4.3) 		120
(4.7) 		163
(6.4) 		296
(11.7) 		356
(14.0) 		379
(14.9) 		351
(13.8) 		298
(11.7) 		194
(7.6) 		205
(8.1) 		173
(6.8) 		125
(4.9) 		2,769
(108.9)
[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 8
  2. ^ de Civrieux, Marc (1980), David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, page 187
  3. ^ Moreira, Maria Geralda de Almeida (2005) Em busca do território perdido: o reconhecimento daterra indígena Kaxarari no Brasil e da terra Ye'kuana do Alto Orinoco na Venezuela (1970-1002), page 158
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