Granada (Cundinamarca)

Granada
Coordinates: 4 ° 31 ' N , 73 ° 21' W Granada on the map of Colombia	Granada
	Granada
	Location of the municipality of Granada on the map of Cundinamarca
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
City foundation	1933
Residents	9253 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	61 km 2
Population density	152 inhabitants / km 2
height	2450 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	José David Alvarado Padilla (2016-2019)
Website	www.granada-cundinamarca.gov.co
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Granada is a municipality ( municipio ) in the Colombian department of Cundinamarca .

geography

Granada is located 30 km southwest of Bogotá in Cundinamarca in the Sumapaz province at an altitude of 2500 to 2700 m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 11 ° C. The municipality borders on Silvania and Sibaté to the east, Viotá and El Colegio to the west, San Antonio del Tequendama and Soacha to the north and Silvania to the south.

population

The municipality of Granada has 9440 inhabitants, of which 2218 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Settlement of the area of today's municipality of Granada took place relatively slowly. In the first half of the 20th century, the land was inhabited by a few farmers. In particular, the wood deposits in the region were processed. Around 1932 there were about 300 people in Granada. Since 1933 Granada had the status of a police inspection. Until 1974 the official name was El Soche . It was not until 1995 that Granada received municipality status.

economy

The main industries in Granada are agriculture , cattle and milk production , industrial processing of dairy products and trade .

Web links

Commons : Granada - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldia de Granada. Alcaldía de Granada - Cundinamarca, accessed February 20, 2019 (Spanish, municipality website).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Granada - Cundinamarca, accessed March 24, 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 20, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Granada - Cundinamarca, accessed March 24, 2019 (Spanish, information on 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 February 20, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).