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El Hobo
Bolívarvillage
Total population
78,729
Air quality index
Demographic figures from DANE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Found in Bolívar, Colombia, El Hobo is classified as a sizeable town in public datasets. Around 78,729 people are recorded as living there in the most recent open data. The settlement sits at 9.672°, -75.237°, a equatorial location in the northern hemisphere. At 83 people per km², the town shows a relatively low population density. The location receives about 1,870 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 73% of daylight hours. The latitude suggests hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. Open data lists it as at a modest elevation of 155 m, covering a sizeable 945 km². Public records associate its founding with 1776. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- CassavaManihot esculenta Crantz · Magnoliopsida656
- QuickstickGliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth · Magnoliopsida72
- Black-chested JayCyanocorax affinis Pelzeln, 1856 · Aves51
- Southern House-WrenTroglodytes musculus J.F.Naumann, 1823 · Aves50
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves48
- Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus Lafresnaye, 1837 · Aves44
- Bicolored WrenCampylorhynchus griseus (Swainson, 1838) · Aves41
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves40
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.5 — 2023-12-155 km WSW of El Roble, Colombia
- M 4.5 — 2023-05-278 km SW of Corozal, Colombia
- M 4.4 — 2018-01-2614 km SE of San Pedro, Colombia
- M 4.5 — 2017-09-238 km E of Plato, Colombia
- M 4.1 — 2017-03-1311 km ENE of San Pedro, Colombia
- M 4.4 — 2014-11-279 km SSE of San Juan de Betulia, Colombia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Bolívar
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species









Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of El Hobo, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.
Sources
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image