El Retorno
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Coordinates: 2 ° 20 ′ N , 72 ° 38 ′ W El Retorno on the map of Colombia
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 Location of the municipality of El Retorno on the map of Guaviare
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| Basic data | ||
| Country | Colombia | |
| Department | Guaviare | |
| City foundation | 1935 | |
| Residents | 24,562 (2019) | |
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| Detailed data | ||
| surface | 11,681 km 2 | |
| Population density | 2 people / km 2 | |
| height | 245 m | |
| Time zone | UTC -5 | |
| City Presidency | Óscar Eduardo Ospina Ortiz (2016–2019) | |
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El Retorno is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Guaviare in Colombia .
geography
El Retorno is located in Guaviare at an altitude of 245 meters, 420 km from Bogotá . The municipality occupies about 21% of the area of Guaviare. The municipality borders in the north San José del Guaviare , in the east Morichal in the Departamento de Guainía , in the south Miraflores as well as Papunaua and Caruru in the Departamento del Vaupés and in the west Calamar .
population
The municipality of El Retorno has 24,562 inhabitants, of which 13,238 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).
history
El Retorno was created in the course of the colonization of the zone in the 1930s. The population grew in the 1950s and 1960s due to the influx of displaced people from the Violencia and the armed conflict . As a result, the area suffered from slash-and-burn forests.
economy
The main industry in El Retorno is cattle production . In addition, natural rubber is degraded.
Web links
- Alcaldia de El Retorno. Alcaldía de El Retorno - Guaviare, accessed on March 25, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de El Retorno - Guaviare, accessed March 25, 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 March 25, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
