San José de las Matas
| San José de las Matas | |
|---|---|
  San José de las Matas San José de las Matas in the Dominican Republic | |
| Coordinates: 19°19′48″N 70°55′48″W / 19.33000°N 70.93000°WCoordinates: 19°19′48″N 70°55′48″W / 19.33000°N 70.93000°W | |
| Country (Island) |
 Dominican Republic |
| Province | Santiago |
| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 1,502.83 km2 (580.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation[2] | 523 m (1,716 ft) |
| Population (2012)[3] | |
| • Total | 109,071 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Municipal Districts |
3 |
San José de las Matas, also known as Sajoma,[lower-alpha 1] is a municipality (municipio) of the Santiago province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are three municipal districts (distritos municipal): El Rubio, La Cuesta and Las Placetas.[4]
Climate
San José de Las Matas has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification: Am) with two short, dry seasons and two heavy monsoons during most of the year.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.1 (88) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
28.7 (83.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.62 (85.33) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.35 (70.43) |
21.75 (71.15) |
22.8 (73) |
23.9 (75) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.1 (79) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.1 (79) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.1 (75.382) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
17.2 (63) |
18.2 (64.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
20.0 (68) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
18.52 (65.34) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 56.6 (2.228) |
65.6 (2.583) |
75.5 (2.972) |
150.3 (5.917) |
203.4 (8.008) |
101.2 (3.984) |
52.1 (2.051) |
64.4 (2.535) |
119.2 (4.693) |
142.5 (5.61) |
116.7 (4.594) |
79.1 (3.114) |
1,226.6 (48.291) |
| Source: Climatemps.com[5] | |||||||||||||
Notes
References
- ↑ Superficies a nivel de municipios, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ↑ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana.
- ↑ Censo 2012 de Población y Vivienda, Oficina Nacional de Estadistica
- ↑ Oficina Nacional de Estadistica, Departamento de Cartografia, Division de Limites y Linderos. "Listado de Codigos de Provincias, Municipio y Distritos Municipales, Actualizada a Junio 20 del 2006" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- ↑ "San J. Matas Climate & Temperature". Climatemps.com. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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