Granada (meta)

Granada
Coordinates: 3 ° 33 ' N , 73 ° 43' W Granada on the map of Colombia	Granada
	Granada
	Location of the municipality of Granada on the map of Meta
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Meta
City foundation	1940
Residents	67,192 (2016)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	350 km 2
Population density	192 people / km 2
height	332 m
Waters	Río Ariari
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Juan Carlos Mendoza Rendón (2016-2019)
Website	www.granada-meta.gov.co
	Nuestra Señora Del Carmen Church

Granada is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Meta in Colombia . Granada is the seat of the diocese of Granada en Colombia , which became a diocese in 1999.

geography

Granada is located in Meta , in the Ariari region , 80 km from Villavicencio and 180 km from Bogotá at an altitude of 332 m above sea level. NN . The area of the municipality is mostly flat, characterized by the Río Ariari , savannahs and Tali . The municipality borders on San Martín to the north, Lejanías and El Castillo to the west, San Martín and Fuente de Oro to the east and Fuente de Oro and San Juan de Arama to the south .

population

The municipality of Granada has 67,192 inhabitants, of which 56,619 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the area of today's Granada was inhabited by the indigenous peoples of the Guayupe , Sae and Operigua , who subsequently suffered from imported diseases that killed many indigenous people. The area was then settled in search of rubber , quinine, and wood . Granada was initially a settlement called Boquemonte , which had the status of a caserío (homestead) from 1940 and received a police inspection in 1948. The region was particularly populated from the highlands in the 1950s and 1970s. Since 1956, Granada has had the status of a municipality and its current name, initially as Nueva Granada .

economy

The main industries in Granada are agriculture and large-scale cattle production , with the cultivation of rice , corn , oil palm , cocoa , cassava , sugar cane for panela , papaya , passion fruit and citrus plants in particular .

Web links

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

Alcaldía Municipal de Granada Meta. Alcaldía de Granada - Meta, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Granada).

Individual evidence

^ Información del municipio. Alcaldía de Granada - Meta, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information on the geography of 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 June 11, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
↑ Pasado, presente y futuro. Alcaldía de Granada - Meta, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information on the history of the municipality).
↑ Economía. Alcaldía de Granada - Meta, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information on the economy of the municipality).

[1] Información del municipio. Alcaldía de Granada - Meta, accessed June 11, 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 June 11, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[3] Pasado, presente y futuro. Alcaldía de Granada - Meta, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information on the history of the municipality).

[4] Economía. Alcaldía de Granada - Meta, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, information on the economy of the municipality).