Inzá

Inzá
Coordinates: 2 ° 33 ' N , 76 ° 4' W Inzá on the map of Colombia	Inzá
	Inzá
	Location of the municipality of Inzá on the map of Cauca
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Cauca
City foundation	1577
Residents	32,582 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	1258 km 2
Population density	26 people / km 2
height	1800 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Gelmis Chate Rivera (2016-2019)
Website	www.inza-cauca.gov.co
	Shaft grave in Tierradentro
	Street in San Andrés de Psimbalá
	Landscape in Inzá

Inza is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Cauca in Colombia . In the municipality of Inzá, near the town of San Andrés de Psimbalá, there is the Tierradentro Archaeological Park , a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

geography

Inzá is located in the Provincia de Oriente in Cauca in the Tierradentro region at an altitude of 1800 m above sea level. NN , 91 km from Popayán . The municipality borders on Páez to the north, Puracé and La Plata ( Departamento del Huila ) to the south, Páez to the east and Totoró and Silvia to the west .

population

The municipality of Inzá has 32,582 inhabitants, of whom 2324 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

The place Inzá goes back to the establishment of Sancho García del Espinar in 1577 under the name of San Pedro de Guanacas . Inzá was later resettled. The present place was founded in 1783 by Jerónimo de Inzá. The region was named a municipality in 1885 with Inzá as the capital. The community in its current form has existed since 1907.

economy

Inzá's main industries are agriculture and animal husbandry .

Web links

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

Alcaldia Municipal de Inzá Cauca. Alcaldía de Inzá - Cauca, accessed on June 6, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Inzá).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Inzá - Cauca, accessed June 6, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).
↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on June 6, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia (Excel; 1.72 MB)).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Inzá - Cauca, accessed June 6, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).

[2] ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on June 6, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia (Excel; 1.72 MB)).