El Rosal (Colombia)
El Rosal | ||
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Coordinates: 4 ° 51 ′ N , 74 ° 16 ′ W El Rosal on the map of Colombia
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Location of the municipality of El Rosal on the map of Cundinamarca
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Basic data | ||
Country | Colombia | |
Department | Cundinamarca | |
City foundation | 1997 | |
Residents | 18,847 (2019) | |
City insignia | ||
Detailed data | ||
surface | 166 km 2 | |
Population density | 114 inhabitants / km 2 | |
height | 2685 m | |
City Presidency | Hugo Orlando Arévalo Pulido (2016-2019) | |
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Aerial view of El Rosal | ||
Church in El Rosal |
El Rosal is a company incorporated only in 1997 municipality ( municipio ) in Colombia in the province Sabana Occidente in the department of Cundinamarca , which for metropolitan Bogotá belongs.
geography
El Rosal is located in Cundinamarca , in the province of Sabana Occidente , about 20 km from Bogotá at an altitude of 2685 m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 12 to 14 ° C. The municipality is bordered to the northeast by Subachoque , to the northwest by San Francisco , to the south by Madrid and to the southwest by Facatativá .
population
The municipality of El Rosal has 18,847 inhabitants, of which 13,600 live in the urban part ( cabecera municipal ) of the municipality (as of 2019).
The El Rosal Monastery of the Mission Benedictines, founded in 1962, is located in the parish .
history
In the area of today's community of El Rosal lived before the arrival of the Spaniards indigenous people of the Muisca . The present place was founded by the building of a church in 1903. Before, there had only been scattered houses, courtyards and fincas in the area. El Rosal was declared a municipality in 1997.
economy
The main industry of El Rosal is the growing of ornamental plants , in which 80% of the population of the municipality is employed.
Web links
- Alcaldia de El Rosal. Alcaldía de El Rosal - Cundinamarca, accessed on February 19, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Generalidades El Rosal Cundinamarca. Alcaldía de El Rosal - Cundinamarca, accessed on 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).
- ↑ Historia de El Rosal. Alcaldía de El Rosal - Cundinamarca, accessed February 19, 2019 (Spanish, information on the history of the municipality).
- ^ El Rosal es el nuevo municipio. Alcaldía de El Rosal - Cundinamarca, accessed February 19, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality's economy).