Cogua

Cogua
Coordinates: 5 ° 4 ′ N , 73 ° 59 ′ W Cogua on the map of Colombia	Cogua
	Cogua
	Location of the municipality of Cogua on the map of Cundinamarca
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
City foundation	1604
Residents	24.092 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	136 km 2
Population density	177 inhabitants / km 2
height	2600 m
Waters	Embalse del Neusa
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	William Darío Forero Forero (2016-2019)
Website	www.cogua-cundinamarca.gov.co
	Cogua Town Hall
	Landscape of Cogua
	Embalse del Neusa reservoir

Cogua is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Cundinamarca in Colombia , which for metropolitan Bogotá belongs.

geography

Cogua is located in the north of Cundinamarca in the province of Sabana Centro at an altitude of 2600 meters in the Colombian Andes , 50 km from Bogotá and 5 km from Zipaquirá and has an average annual temperature of 14 ° C. The municipality borders Tausa in the north, Nemocón in the east, Zipaquirá in the south and Pacho and Zipaquirá in the west .

population

The municipality of Cogua has 24.092 inhabitants, of which 7581 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Cogua was founded in 1604, when the Oidor Lorenzo de Terrones had the indigenous peoples of the Némesa and Peza settle at the site of the present-day place and had a church built.

economy

The main industries in Cogua are agriculture and animal husbandry .

Personalities

Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos (* 1963), Bishop of Tibú (since 2011)

Web links

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

Alcaldía Municipal de Cogua en Cundinamarca. Alcaldía de Cogua - Cundinamarca, accessed on February 19, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Cogua - Cundinamarca, accessed February 19, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).
↑ 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 19, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Cogua - Cundinamarca, accessed February 19, 2019 (Spanish, information on 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 February 19, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).