El Bagre

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El Bagre
Coordinates: 7 ° 36 ′  N , 74 ° 49 ′  W
Map: Colombia
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El Bagre​
El Bagre on the map of Colombia
Colombia - Antioquia - El Bagre.svg
Location of the municipality of El Bagre on the map of Antioquia
Basic data
Country Colombia
Department Antioquia
City foundation 1653
Residents 50,863  (2019)
City insignia
Flag of El Bagre (Antioquia) .svg
Detailed data
surface 1563 km 2
Population density 33 people / km 2
height 50  m
Waters Río Nechí , Río Tigüí
Time zone UTC -5
City Presidency Faber Trespalacio (2020-2023)
Website www.elbagre-antioquia.gov.co
El Bagre on the Río Nechí
El Bagre on the Río Nechí

El Bagre is a municipality ( municipio ) in the Department of Antioquia in Colombia . The name is derived from the tiger spatula (el Bagre) found there .

geography

El Bagre is located in Antioquia , in the Bajo Cauca sub-region , at an altitude of 50  m above sea level. NN and has an area of ​​1563 km². El Bagre is located at the confluence of the Río Tigüí in the Río Nechí , a tributary of the Río Cauca . The municipality borders in the north on Nechí , in the south on Zaragoza and Segovia , in the east on the Serranía de San Lucas mountain range and on the municipality of Montecristo in the department of Bolívar and in the west on Caucasia and Zaragoza. El Bagre is about 170 km southeast of Montería and 200 km west of Cúcuta . After Medellin in the southwest there are 326 km and the capital Bogota is located 350 km south.

population

The municipality of El Bagre has 50,863 inhabitants, of which 26,176 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

The history of El Bagre is closely related to the history of Zaragoza and to gold mining since the time of the Spanish conquest. El Bagre was founded in 1653 by Fernando Alcántara. In 1980 it was raised to the parish.

economy

The economy is based on mining gold . El Bagre is the largest gold producer in Antioquia. There is also cattle breeding , wood cultivation and the extraction of natural rubber . El Bagre has an airport, Aeropuerto Medardo Abad Castañeda Céspedes ( IATA code : EBG ). The neighboring communities can be reached by roads or rivers.

Web links

Commons : El Bagre  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Información del municipio. Alcaldía de El Bagre - Antioquia, accessed May 8, 2019 (Spanish, information on the geography of 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 8, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
  3. ↑ Pasado, presente y futuro. Alcaldía de El Bagre - Antioquia, accessed May 8, 2019 (Spanish, information on the history of the municipality).
  4. ↑ Economía. Alcaldía de El Bagre - Antioquia, accessed May 8, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality's economy).
  5. ↑ Vías de comunicación. Alcaldía de El Bagre - Antioquia, accessed on May 8, 2019 (Spanish, information on the infrastructure of the municipality).