Guamo

Guamo
Coordinates: 4 ° 2 ′  N , 74 ° 58 ′  W Guamo​ Guamo on the map of Colombia
Location of the municipality of Guamo on the map of Tolima
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Tolima
City foundation	1772
Residents	31,350  (2019)
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	561 km 2
Population density	56 people / km 2
height	321  m
Waters	Río Luisa, Río Magdalena
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Jorge Enrique Mellado Vera (2016-2019)
Website	www.elguamo-tolima.gov.co
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Guamo , including El Guamo , is a municipality (municipio) in the department of Tolima in Colombia .

geography

Guamo is located in the Provincia de Suroriente in Tolima 72 km from Ibagué at an altitude of 326  m above sea level. NN and has an average annual temperature of 28 ° C. The municipality is bordered by San Luis and El Espinal to the north, Suárez to the east, Purificación and Saldaña to the south and San Luis to the west.

population

The municipality of Guamo has 31,350 inhabitants, 16,777 of whom live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) (as of 2019).

history

The area of ​​today's Guamo was originally inhabited by the indigenous peoples of the Lemayaes and Catufas and was discovered for the Spaniards in 1538 by Sebastián de Belalcázar . Guamo was founded in 1772 by a priest as Santa Ana del Guamo . Guamo has had parish status since 1863.

Web links

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

• Alcaldía de Guamo - Tolima. Alcaldía del Municipio de Guamo - Tolima, accessed April 23, 2019 (Spanish, municipality website). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Information on geography on the website of the municipality of Guamo (Spanish) ( Memento from 23 September 2015 in the Internet Archive )
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 23, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).