Alcalá (Colombia)

Alcalá
Coordinates: 4 ° 40 ′  N , 75 ° 47 ′  W Alcalá​ Alcalá on the map of Colombia
Location of the municipality of Alcalá in Valle del Cauca
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Valle del Cauca
City foundation	1791
Residents	23,195  (2019)
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	64 km 2
Population density	362 inhabitants / km 2
height	1290  m
Waters	Río La Vieja
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Javier Andrés Herrera Hurtado (2016-2019)
Website	www.alcala-valle.gov.co
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Alcalá is a commune ( municipality ) in the department of Valle del Cauca in Colombia .

geography

Alcalá is located in the sub-region Norte in the extreme northeast of Valle del Cauca on the western side of the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes . The municipality borders Ulloa in the north, Filandia in the Departamento del Quindío in the east, Quimbaya in Quindío in the south and Cartago in the west .

population

The municipality of Alcalá has 23,195 inhabitants, of which 12,463 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Alcalá was founded in 1791 by settlers from Antioquia and initially had the names Furatena and La Balsa . It received the status of a municipality in 1919 as Alcalá.

Web links

Commons : Alcalá  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alcaldía Municipal de Alcalá. Alcaldía de Alcalá - Valle del Cauca, accessed on May 3, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Alcalá). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Alcalá - Valle del Cauca, accessed on May 3, 2019 (Spanish, information about the municipality). 
2. ↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on May 3, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).