Madrid (Colombia)
Madrid | ||
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Coordinates: 4 ° 44 ′ N , 74 ° 16 ′ W Madrid on the map of Colombia
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Location of the municipality of Madrid on the map of Cundinamarca
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Basic data | ||
Country | Colombia | |
Department | Cundinamarca | |
City foundation | 1559 | |
Residents | 83,612 (2019) | |
City insignia | ||
Detailed data | ||
surface | 121 km 2 | |
Population density | 691 inhabitants / km 2 | |
height | 2554 m | |
Time zone | UTC -5 | |
City Presidency | Andrés Tovar Forero (2020-2023) | |
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Church in Madrid |
Madrid is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Cundinamarca in Colombia , which for metropolitan Bogotá belongs.
geography
Madrid is located in Cundinamarca , in the province of Sabana Occidental , about 21 km from Bogotá at an altitude of 2554 m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 14 ° C. The municipality borders in the north on Facatativá , El Rosal and Subachoque , in the east on Tenjo , Funza and Mosquera , in the south on Mosquera and Bojacá and in the west on Bojacá and Facatativá.
population
The municipality of Madrid has 83,612 inhabitants, of whom 72,870 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).
history
Before the arrival of the Spaniards, an indigenous people lived in what is now Madrid . The place itself was probably founded between 1559 and 1563, initially under the name Sagasuca . Later he got the name Serrezuela . In 1875 it was named after the politician, writer and teacher Pedro Fernández Madrid , who died there.
economy
The main industries in Madrid are agriculture , cattle production and ornamentals .
Web links
- Alcaldia de Madrid. Alcaldía de Madrid - Cundinamarca, accessed on June 9, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Madrid).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Madrid - Cundinamarca, accessed 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).