Cajicá
Cajicá | ||
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Coordinates: 4 ° 55 ' N , 74 ° 2' W Cajicá on the map of Colombia
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Location of the municipality of Cajicá on the map of Cundinamarca
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Basic data | ||
Country | Colombia | |
Department | Cundinamarca | |
Residents | 61,549 (2019) | |
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Detailed data | ||
surface | 51 km 2 | |
Population density | 1,207 inhabitants / km 2 | |
height | 2558 m | |
Waters | Río Bogotá | |
Time zone | UTC -5 | |
City Presidency | Orlando Díaz Canasto (2016-2019) | |
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Church in Cajicá | ||
Cajicá train station |
Cajicá is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Cundinamarca in Colombia , which for metropolitan Bogotá belongs.
geography
Cajicá is located in Cundinamarca, in the province of Sabana Centro , about 39 km from Bogotá at an altitude of 2558 m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 14 ° C. The municipality borders on Zipaquirá in the north, Chía in the south, Sopó and Tocancipá in the east and Tabio in the west .
population
The municipality of Cajicá has 61,549 inhabitants, of which 39,028 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).
history
Cajicá was with the arrival of the Spaniards from the indigenous people of the Muisca under the cacique inhabited Kajic and was surrounded by a high wall. The place was conquered by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada . There are many legends about Cajicá. In addition, Cajicá is one of the few communities in the region that was not officially founded by the Spanish. Cajicá received the status of a community in 1798.
economy
The main industries in Cajicá are agriculture , cattle production , industry and tourism .
Web links
- Alcaldía Municipal de Cajicá. Alcaldía de Cajicá - Cundinamarca, accessed on February 13, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Cajicá).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Plan integral único. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Alcaldía de Cajicá - Cundinamarca, accessed on February 13, 2019 (Spanish, information about Cajicá on the Cundinamarca website).
- ↑ 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 February 13, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
- ^ Tradición e historia a la memoria de Kajic. eltiempo.com , March 22, 1997, accessed February 13, 2019 (Spanish).