Floridablanca (Colombia)

Floridablanca
Coordinates: 7 ° 4 ′ N , 73 ° 5 ′ W Floridablanca on the map of Colombia	Floridablanca
	Floridablanca
	Location of the municipality of Floridablanca on the map of Santander
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Santander
Residents	267,538 (2019)
- in the metropolitan area	1,160,243
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	100.35
Population density	2538 inhabitants / km 2
height	925 m
City structure	250 barrios, 8 veredas
City Presidency	Miguel Ángel Moreno (2020-2023)
Website	www.floridablanca.gov.co
	Cañaveral district
	Jesus statue

Floridablanca is a municipality (municipio) in the department of Santander in Colombia . It borders directly to the east and south of Bucaramanga and is part of the metropolitan region of Bucaramanga . The wafers with arequipe are typical of Floridablanca .

geography

Floridablanca is located in the province of Soto in the north of Santander at an altitude of about 925 meters. The municipality is bordered by Bucaramanga in the northwest , Girón in the southwest , Piedecuesta in the southeast and Tona in the northeast .

population

The municipality of Floridablanca has 267,538 inhabitants, of which 258,390 live in the urban part of the municipality (cabecera municipal) . 1,160,243 people live in the metropolitan region (as of 2019).

Sports

The Real Santander football club was based in Floridablanca until 2018 and played its home games in the Estadio Álvaro Gómez Hurtado , which has a capacity of around 12,000 seats. The club currently plays in the second division and moved to San Andrés in 2019 . In addition, from 2013 to 2015, the first division club Alianza Petrolera from Barrancabermeja played their home games in Floridablanca while their home stadium was being rebuilt. In the 1990s there was also the short-lived second division Real Floridablanca .

Born in Floridablanca

Carlos Prada Sanmiguel (1939–2013), Bishop of Duitama-Sogamoso

Web links

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

Página Oficial del Municipio de Floridablanca. Alcaldía del Municipio de Floridablanca - Santander, accessed March 20, 2018 (Spanish, municipality website).

Individual evidence

↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on March 20, 2018 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia (Excel; 1.72 MB)).

[1] ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on March 20, 2018 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia (Excel; 1.72 MB)).