Guaduas
Guaduas | ||
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Coordinates: 5 ° 4 ′ N , 74 ° 36 ′ W Guaduas on the map of Colombia
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Location of the municipality of Guaduas on the map of Cundinamarca
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Basic data | ||
Country | Colombia | |
Department | Cundinamarca | |
City foundation | 1572 | |
Residents | 41,142 (2019) | |
City insignia | ||
Detailed data | ||
surface | 756 km 2 | |
Population density | 54 inhabitants / km 2 | |
height | 992 m | |
Waters | Río Magdalena | |
Time zone | UTC -5 | |
City Presidency | Jesús Edisson Ramirez Martínez (2016–2019) | |
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View of Guaduas | ||
Main square and church in Guaduas | ||
Street in the old town |
Guaduas , colonial name Villa de San Miguel de Guaduas is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Cundinamarca in Colombia . Together with La Dorada , Guaduas is the seat of the diocese of La Dorada-Guaduas .
geography
Guaduas is located in the northwest of Cundinamarca, in the province of Bajo Magdalena , about 114 km from Bogotá at an altitude of 992 m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 23.5 ° C. The place is located in a valley on the west side of the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes . The municipality borders in the north on Puerto Salgar and Caparrapí , in the east on Caparrapí, Útica , Quebradanegra and Villeta , in the south on Vianí and Chaguaní and in the west separated by the Río Magdalena on La Dorada in the Departamento de Caldas and on Honda and Armero in the Departamento del Tolima .
population
The municipality of Guaduas has 41,142 inhabitants, of which 21,190 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).
history
Guaduas was founded in 1572 by Andrés Díaz Venero de Leyva on the site of an indigenous village. Two more foundations followed in 1610 and 1644 by the monk Tomás de Morales and Francisco Pérez Guzmán, the first mayor of Guaduas. The historic center of Guaduas was declared a national monument in 1959.
economy
The main industries of Guaduas are agriculture ( coffee , sugar cane , bananas , corn , cassava , cotton , beans , cocoa , fruits and vegetables ), cattle production , oil production , pond farming and poultry production .
sons and daughters of the town
- Policarpa Salavarrieta (1795–1817), independence fighter
- Flor Romero (1933-2018), writer
Web links
- Alcaldía Municipal de Guaduas. Alcaldía de Guaduas - Cundinamarca, accessed on June 9, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Guaduas).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on geography on the official website of Guaduas ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 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 9, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
- ↑ Information about the story on the official website of Guaduas ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information on the economy on the official Guaduas website ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.