Jerusalem (Colombia)

Jerusalem
Coordinates: 4 ° 34 ′ N , 74 ° 42 ′ W Jerusalem on the map of Colombia	Jerusalem
	Jerusalem
	Location of the municipality of Jerusalem on the map of Cundinamarca
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
City foundation	1868
Residents	2660 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	236 km 2
Population density	11 people / km 2
height	357 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	María Eugenia Salguero Cruz (2016-2019)
Website	jerusalen-cundinamarca.gov.co
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Jerusalén is a municipality ( municipio ) in the Colombian department of Cundinamarca .

geography

Jerusalem is located in the southwest of Cundinamarca in the province of Alto Magdalena at an altitude of about 357 meters 113 km from Bogotá. Most of the parish is mountainous. The municipality borders on Pulí and Quipile to the north, Apulo , Anapoima and Tocaima to the east, Nariño and Tocaima to the south and Guataquí and Beltrán to the west .

population

The municipality of Jerusalén has 2660 inhabitants, of which 584 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Jerusalem was built around 1865 around the Casasviejas hacienda , which was on the way from Tocaima to Guataquí.

economy

The main industries in Jerusalem are agriculture (especially corn , sugar cane for panela , coffee , bananas and fruit ), animal husbandry and mining (especially coal ).

Web links

Commons : Jerusalén - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldía Municipal Jerusalén Cundinamarca. Alcaldía de Jerusalén - Cundinamarca, accessed on June 9, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Jerusalén).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Jerusalén - Cundinamarca, accessed on June 9, 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 June 9, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Jerusalén - Cundinamarca, accessed on June 9, 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 June 9, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).