Puerto Salgar | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Area Total Km2: | 515.9 |
Area Urban Km2: | 1.98 |
Population As Of: | Census 2018[1] |
Population Total: | 15019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 11082 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 5.5°N -109°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Puerto Salgar (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the northwestern part of the department of Cundinamarca. It came to international attention when the US ambassador in Colombia announced the Palanquero Air Base had entered a recertification process, possibly in order to host US military personnel as a replacement to the Manta Air Base. As of July 2009, negotiations were ongoing.[2]
On 29 December 2015, Puerto Salgar recorded a temperature of 45C, which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Colombia.[3]