El Santuario

El Santuario
Coordinates: 6 ° 8 ′  N , 75 ° 16 ′  W El Santuario​ El Santuario on the map of Colombia
Location of the municipality of El Santuario on the map of Antioquia
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Antioquia
City foundation	1765
Residents	27,316  (2019)
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	75 km 2
Population density	364 inhabitants / km 2
height	2150  m
City Presidency	Luis Alexandri Ramírez Duque (2016-2019)
Website	elsantuario-antioquia.gov.co
View of El Santuario
Fountain and Church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá
San Judas Tadeo Church

El Santuario is a municipality ( municipio ) in the Department of Antioquia in Colombia .

geography

El Santuario is located in the Oriente sub-region in Antioquia, 57 km from Medellín , at an altitude of about 2150  m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 17 ° C. At 75 km², El Santuario is the smallest municipality in eastern Antioquia. The municipality borders Marinilla and El Peñol in the north, Granada in the northeast , Cocorná in the southeast , El Carmen de Viboral in the south and southwest and Marinilla in the west.

population

The municipality of El Santuario has 27,316 inhabitants, of which 23,890 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

A pilgrimage site is said to have been located on the site of today's El Santuario as early as indigenous times. During the colonial period, a church in honor of the patron saint of Colombia, Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá , was built on the same site , which also became a pilgrimage site. This was built in 1765, which led to the establishment of the place. Until 1838 El Santuario belonged to Marinilla , then it received the status of a municipality.

economy

The main industry of El Santuario is agriculture . In particular, carrots , potatoes , beetroot , white cabbage , peas , beans and corn are grown. There is also a textile industry in which more than 1200 people work directly.

tourism

El Santuario has two museums. The museum Museo Artístico Montecristo deals with the life of the santuarian actor and humorist Guillermo Zuluaga . The history museum Museo Histórico José María Córdova is dedicated to the life of the Colombian general José María Córdova , who died in El Santuario. Three churches can be visited, the churches of Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá , San Judas Tadeo and Señor de las Misericordias . The Cascada El Salto waterfall is also nearby .

sons and daughters of the town

• Roberto Pineda Duque (1910–1977), composer
• Guillermo Zuluaga (1924–1997), actor and humorist
• Oscar Aníbal Salazar Gómez (* 1942), Catholic bishop of La Dorada-Guaduas (1999-2019)
• Omar de Jesús Mejía Giraldo (* 1966), Catholic Bishop of Florencia (2013–)

Web links

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

• Alcaldia de El Santuario. Alcaldía de El Santuario - Antioquia, accessed on May 8, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of El Santuario). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Información del municipio. Alcaldía de El Santuario - Antioquia, accessed on 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 Santuario - Antioquia, accessed on May 8, 2019 (Spanish, information on the history of the municipality). 
4. ↑ Economía. Alcaldía de El Santuario - Antioquia, accessed May 8, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality's economy). 
5. ↑ Sitios de interés. Alcaldía de El Santuario - Antioquia, accessed on May 8, 2019 (Spanish, information on places of interest in the municipality).