Ciénaga de Oro

Ciénaga de Oro
Coordinates: 8 ° 53 ′ N , 75 ° 37 ′ W Ciénaga de Oro on the map of Colombia	Ciénaga de Oro
	Ciénaga de Oro
	Location of the municipality of Ciénaga de Oro on the map of Cordoba
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Cordoba
City foundation	1776
Residents	69,144 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	751 km 2
Population density	92 people / km 2
height	13 m
Waters	Caño de Aguas Prietas
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Alejandro Javier Mejía Castaño (2016–2019)
Website	www.cienagadeoro-cordoba.gov.co
	Church in Ciénaga de Oro

Ciénaga de Oro is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Cordoba in Colombia .

geography

Ciénaga de Oro is located in the northeast of Córdoba on the Caño de Aguas Prietas , about 36 km from Montería . Ciénaga de Oro lies at an altitude of 13 m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 27 ° C. The municipality borders on San Andrés de Sotavento and Chimá to the north, Pueblo Nuevo to the south, Cereté , San Pelayo and San Carlos to the west and Chinú and Sahagún to the east .

population

The municipality of Ciénaga de Oro has 69,144 inhabitants, of which 27,972 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Before the arrival of the Spaniards, an indigenous people who belonged to the group of the Caribs lived in the area of today's Ciénaga de Oro . The first Spaniards reached the region around 1740 and gave it the name Ciénaga de Oro, due to the swamps ( ciénaga ) landscape and the large amount of gold ( oro ) they found there. In 1776, today's Ciénaga de Oro was founded by Antonio de la Torre y Miranda.

economy

The main industry of Ciénaga de Oro is agriculture , especially the cultivation of cassava and processing into tapioca , as well as the cultivation of rice , bananas , sesame and coconut .

sons and daughters of the town

Gustavo Petro (* 1960), politician

Web links

Commons : Ciénaga de Oro - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldía Municipal de Ciénaga de Oro en Córdoba. Alcaldía de Ciénaga de Oro - Córdoba, accessed on June 7, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Ciénaga de Oro).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Information about the municipality on the website of Ciénaga de Oro ( Memento of December 20, 2015 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 June 7, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[archiv-1] Information about the municipality on the website of Ciénaga de Oro ( Memento of December 20, 2015 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 June 7, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).