Florencia

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Florencia (disambiguation) .

Florencia
Coordinates: 1 ° 37 ′  N , 75 ° 37 ′  W Florencia​ Florencia on the map of Colombia
Location of the municipality of Florencia on the map of Caquetá
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Caquetá
Residents	184,510  (2019)
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	2292 km 2
Population density	71 people / km 2
height	242  m
City structure	4 Comunas (189 barrios)
Waters	Río Hacha
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Luis Antonio Ruiz Cicery (2020-2023)
Website	www.florencia-caqueta.gov.co
Florencia Cathedral
The Curiplaya House in Florencia
Cityscape of Florencia

Florencia is the capital and a municipality ( municipio ) in the Colombian department of Caquetá . Florencia is the second largest Colombian city east of the Andes , after Villavicencio , the capital of the Meta department .

geography

The urban area is located on the eastern edge of the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes at an altitude of 242 meters and borders the Amazon basin . Florencia is therefore often called the “gateway to the Amazon” in Colombia.

The Río Hacha , which is responsible for the frequent, heavy flooding, runs through the urban area . The sewer network is in urgent need of rehabilitation, and the poverty rate is significantly higher than the Colombian average.

The municipal area has a total area of ​​2292 km², of which 2277 km² are in the rural and 14.56 km² in the urban part of the municipality. Florencia has an average annual temperature of 27 ° C. The municipality borders in the northwest on Suaza , Guadalupe and Garzón in the Departamento del Huila , in the east on La Montañita , in the south on Milán and Morelia and in the southwest on Belén de los Andaquíes .

population

The municipality of Florencia has 184,510 inhabitants, of which 163,082 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Florencia, founded in 1902 and the oldest town in the Caquetá department, has little historical building stock. The regional cultural center is now housed in the former rubber stock exchange , the Curiplaya House.

economy

Industrialization is in its infancy. The company Nestlé operates in Florencia a pasteurization of milk; almost the only modern establishment in town. Numerous state-owned companies provide the largest number of qualified jobs, and private investments are almost completely lacking.

traffic

Florencia has a regional airport and is connected to the road network of Colombia by an asphalt road over the ridge of the Eastern Cordillera to Neiva , the capital of the Huila department .

Florencia
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     104   33 22nd     189   32 22nd     182   31 22nd     391   30th 22nd     467   30th 22nd     495   29 21st     449   29 21st     347   30th 21st     308   31 21st     298   31 22nd     236   31 22nd     133   32 22nd Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: IDEAM

Web links

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

• Alcaldía de Florencia -Caquetá. Alcaldía de Florencia - Caquetá, accessed on June 5, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Florencia). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Florencia - Caquetá, accessed June 5, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality). 
2. ↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on June 5, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia (Excel; 1.72 MB)).