Honda (Colombia)

Honda
Coordinates: 5 ° 12 ′ N , 74 ° 44 ′ W. Honda on the map of Colombia	Honda
	Honda
	Location of the municipality of Honda on the map of Tolima
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Tolima
City foundation	1539
Residents	23,830 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	309 km 2
Population density	77 inhabitants / km 2
height	225 m
City structure	2
Waters	Río Magdalena
Post Code	732040
prefix	0057 8
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	José Alfonso Montero (2020-2023)
City patron	Bartholomew
Website	www.honda-tolima.gov.co
	Honda
	Old town
	Church in Honda

Honda is a municipality (municipio) in the department of Tolima , Colombia .

origin of the name

Look at Honda

The name Honda comes from the Ondaimas , an indigenous people who inhabited the banks and surroundings of the Magdalena River , the largest river in Colombia, where the city is now.

Honda is known as the “City of Bridges” because of the more than 25 bridges over the Magdalena , Gualí , Guarinó and the Quebrada Seca rivers . It is also called the "City of Peace" because it was largely spared from the violence of the 1950s.

geography

Honda is located in the Provincia del Norte in the northeast of Tolima at an altitude of 225 m above sea level. NN , 92 km from Ibagué and 142 km from Bogotá and has an average temperature of 30 ° C. The municipality borders in the north on Victoria and La Dorada in the Departamento de Caldas , in the east on Guaduas in the Departamento de Cundinamarca , in the south on Armero and in the west on Mariquita .

population

The municipality of Honda has 23,830 inhabitants, of which 23,115 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) (as of 2019).

history

Honda was founded on August 24, 1539. The city's “golden age” was between 1850 and 1910, when the Magdalena River was the only inland transport route between the Caribbean coast and Bogotá . The city was the most important river port in the country and all imported goods came to Bogotá through it.

economy

Honda's primary industries are tourism , fishing, and cattle raising .

religion

Together with Líbano , Honda is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Líbano-Honda .

Personalities

Alfonso López Pumarejo (1886–1959), Colombian President 1943–38 and 1942–45

Web links

Commons : Honda - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Alcaldía de Honda - Tolima. Alcaldía del Municipio de Honda - Tolima, accessed on April 23, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía del Municipio de Honda - Tolima, accessed April 23, 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 April 23, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía del Municipio de Honda - Tolima, accessed April 23, 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 April 23, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).