Guaca

Guaca
Coordinates: 6 ° 40 ′ N , 73 ° 10 ′ W Guaca on the map of Colombia	Guaca
	Guaca
	Location of the municipality of Guaca on the map of Santander
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Santander
City foundation	1553
Residents	6208 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	382 km 2
Population density	16 people / km 2
height	2401 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Jorge López Velasco (2016-2019)
Website	www.guaca-santander.gov.co
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Guaca is a municipality (municipio) in the department of Santander in Colombia .

geography

The municipality of Guaca is located in the province of García Rovira in eastern Santander in the Colombian Andes at an altitude of about 2400 meters and has an average annual temperature of 14 ° C. Guaca is located 87 kilometers from Bucaramanga . The municipality borders in the north Santa Bárbara and the Departamento de Norte de Santander , in the east Cerrito and San Andrés , in the south San Andrés and Cepitá and in the west Santa Bárbara and Piedecuesta .

population

The municipality of Guaca has 6208 inhabitants, of which 2220 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

In the area of today Guaca lived before the arrival of the Spaniards indigenous people of the Guanes . The word guaca is of indigenous origin and means "at the foot of the mountain". The place Guaca was founded in 1553 by Ortún Velásquez de Velasco.

economy

The main industry in Guaca is agriculture . Mainly potatoes , corn , beans and onions are grown. There is also livestock farming .

Web links

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

Página Oficial del Municipio de Guaca. Alcaldía del Municipio de Guaca - Santander, accessed April 16, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía del Municipio de Guaca - Santander, accessed April 16, 2019 (Spanish, information about 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 April 16, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía del Municipio de Guaca - Santander, accessed April 16, 2019 (Spanish, information about 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 April 16, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).