La Vega (Cauca)

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La Vega
Coordinates: 2 ° 0 ′  N , 76 ° 47 ′  W.
Map: Colombia
marker
La Vega
La Vega on the map of Colombia
Colombia - Cauca - La Vega.svg
Location of the municipality of La Vega on the map of Cauca
Basic data
Country Colombia
Department Cauca
City foundation 1777
Residents 47,417  (2019)
City insignia
Flag of La Vega (Cauca) .svg
Detailed data
surface 494 km 2
Population density 96 inhabitants / km 2
height 2272  m
Time zone UTC -5
City Presidency Carlos Óliver Ordóñez Paz (2016-2019)
Website www.lavega-cauca.gov.co

La Vega is a municipality ( municipio ) of the departments of Cauca in Colombia .

geography

La Vega is located in the Provincia del Sur in Cauca at an altitude of 2272  m above sea level. NN , 104 km from Popayán . The municipality borders in the north on La Sierra , in the south on San Sebastián and Almaguer , in the east on Sotará and San Agustín in the Departamento del Huila and in the west on Sucre .

population

The municipality of La Vega has 47,417 inhabitants, of which 3430 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

The area of ​​today's La Vega was opened up for the Spaniards by Sebastián de Belalcázar in 1535 . The place itself was founded in 1777 and received the status of a municipality in 1875.

economy

The main industry in La Vega is agriculture . In particular, coffee , sugar cane for panela and corn are grown. Over 90% of the community's population live from the income of the agricultural sector, with small-scale production and largely subsistence farming.

Web links

Commons : La Vega  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Information on geography on the official website of La Vega (Spanish)  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lavega-cauca.gov.co  
  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)).
  3. Information about the story on the official page of La Vega (Spanish)  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lavega-cauca.gov.co  
  4. Information about the economy on the official website of La Vega (Spanish)  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lavega-cauca.gov.co