Sapuyes

Sapuyes, a small town in Nariño, Colombia, forms part of the country's settled landscape. The population stands at approximately 7,346. Sapuyes maps to 1.038°, -77.621° — squarely within the equatorial belt. At 62 people per km², the town shows a relatively low population density. Its latitude implies a climate characterised by cooler air and shorter growing seasons than surrounding lowlands, tempered by elevation. Spanning an area of about 118 km², Sapuyes lies at an extreme elevation of 3179 m. Settlements at this altitude generally face thinner air, cooler nights, and steeper terrain. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.

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