Cáceres (Colombia)

Cáceres
Coordinates: 7 ° 35 ′ N , 75 ° 21 ′ W Cáceres on the map of Colombia	Cáceres
	Cáceres
	Location of Cáceres in Antioquia
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Antioquia
City foundation	1576
Residents	42,112 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	1996 km 2
Population density	21 people / km 2
height	150 m
Waters	Río Cauca
prefix	0057 4
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Juan Carlos Rodríguez Blanco (2020-2023)
Website	www.caceres-antioquia.gov.co
	Church in Cáceres

Cáceres is a municipality ( municipality ) in the Antioquia department in Colombia . Cáceres is known as the Capital Católica (Catholic Capital) of the Bajo Cauca sub-region in Antioquia.

geography

Cáceres is located in the sub-region Bajo Cauca in the north of Antioquia at an altitude of 150 m above sea level. NN , 230 km from Medellín and has an average temperature between 28 and 35 ° C. Cáceres is located on the Río Cauca . The municipality borders in the north on Montelíbano and La Apartada in the Departamento de Córdoba and Caucasia , in the east on Caucasia and Zaragoza , in the south on Anorí and Tarazá and in the west on Tarazá and San José de Uré in Córdoba.

population

The municipality of Cáceres has 42,112 inhabitants, of which 9718 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the area of Cáceres was inhabited by the indigenous peoples of the Nutabes and Tahamíes . The official Spanish foundation took place in 1576 by Gaspar de Rodas under the name San Martín de Cáceres . The area was subsequently populated in particular by gold prospectors . Cáceres has had parish status since 1903.

economy

Cáceres is divided into an affluent and a less affluent part by the Río Cauca. On the right bank of the river, subsistence farming is particularly popular . Corn , cassava , rice and bananas are grown . The left bank of the river is more prosperous and the mining of gold and silver as well as trade dominate .

Web links

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

Alcaldía de Cáceres. Alcaldía de Cáceres - Antioquia, accessed on May 4, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Cáceres).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Information on the community (Spanish) ( Memento from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ 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 4, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Information on the community (Spanish) ( Memento from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[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 4, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).