Mahates

Mahates
Coordinates: 10 ° 14 ′  N , 75 ° 11 ′  W Mahates​ Mahates on the map of Colombia
Location of the municipality of Mahates on the map of Bolívar
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Bolívar
City foundation	1533
Residents	27,127  (2019)
- in the metropolitan area	1,382,015
City insignia
Detailed data
surface	479 km 2
Population density	57 inhabitants / km 2
height	9  m
Waters	Canal del Dique
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Víctor Guerra Olascoaga (2016-2019)
Website	www.mahates-bolivar.gov.co
Church and park in Mahates
Canoes on the Canal del Dique
San Roque Church

Mahates is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Bolivar in northern Colombia . The Palenque village of San Basilio de Palenque is administratively a corregimiento to Mahates. Mahates is part of the unofficial metropolitan area of ​​Cartagena , the metropolitan area of Cartagena .

geography

Mahates is located in the north of Bolívar in the sub-region Dique Bolivarense on the Canal del Dique , 55 km from Cartagena and has an average temperature of 28 ° C. The municipality borders San Estanislao , Soplaviento and San Cristóbal in the north, María La Baja and San Juan Nepomuceno in the south, Arroyohondo in the east and Arjona in the west .

population

The municipality of Mahates has 27,127 inhabitants, of whom 10,394 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality. 1,382,015 people live in the metropolitan region (as of 2019).

history

Mahates was founded in 1533 by the conquistador Pedro de Heredia in order to better control the indigenous people of the region and to be able to exploit them in the encomienda system . The Canal del Dique was built in 1650. The trade over the canal shaped Mahates for a long time. A large part of the town center was destroyed by fire in 1860. With the construction of the railway, the canal and thus Mahates lost its importance from 1894.

economy

The main industries of Mahates are agriculture and animal husbandry .

Web links

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

• Alcaldía Municipal de Mahates. Alcaldía de Mahates - Bolívar, accessed June 4, 2019 (Spanish, website of the Mahates Municipality). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Information on the community ( Memento from June 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
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 4, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).