Medina (Colombia)

Medina
Coordinates: 4 ° 31 ' N , 73 ° 21' W Medina on the map of Colombia	Medina
	Medina
	Location of the municipality of Medina on the map of Cundinamarca
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
City foundation	1620
Residents	10,205 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	1915 km 2
Population density	5 people / km 2
height	576 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Diana Marcela Rodríguez Suarez (2016–2019)
Website	medina-cundinamarca.gov.co
	Church in Medina

Medina is a municipality ( municipio ) in the Colombian department of Cundinamarca . Part of the Chingaza Natural Park is located on the territory of the municipality .

geography

Medina is located in the northeast of Cundinamarca in the province of Medina at an altitude of about 520 meters on the east side of the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes at the transition to the Llanos , 192 km from Bogotá. The average temperature is 25 ° C. The municipality borders in the north on Ubalá , in the east on Paratebueno , in the south on Cumaral in the Departamento del Meta and in the west on Gachalá as well as San Juanito and Restrepo in Meta.

population

The municipality of Medina has 10,205 inhabitants, of which 3975 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Since 1548 the area of today's Medina fell under the encomienda system with which the indigenous people of the Chíos and Mámbitas were exploited. Initially, Medina was part of Chocontá , which was a corregimiento . Since 1775, Medina itself had the status of a corregimientos.

economy

The main industries of Medina are cattle production and agriculture .

traffic

Medina has a small regional airport, which is located in the Vereda El Tablón. Medina has road connections to Villavicencio in the Departamento del Meta (via Restrepo and Coumaral ) and to Santa María in the Departamento de Boyacá (via San Pedro de Jagua and Mámbita in the municipality of Ubalá ). Many rivers flow through the community, but they are not navigable.

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Medina - 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).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Medina - Cundinamarca, accessed 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).