Morales (Cauca)

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Morales
Coordinates: 2 ° 46 ′  N , 76 ° 38 ′  W
Map: Colombia
marker
Morales
Morales on the map of Colombia
Colombia - Cauca - Morales.svg
Location of the municipality of Morales on the map of Cauca
Basic data
Country Colombia
Department Cauca
City foundation 1806
Residents 26,707  (2019)
City insignia
Flag of Morales (Cauca) .svg
Escudo de Morales (Cauca) .svg
Detailed data
surface 265 km 2
Population density 101 people / km 2
height 1635  m
Waters Río Cauca
Post Code 190550
Time zone UTC -5
City Presidency Silvio Villegas Sandoval (2016–2019)
Website www.morales-cauca.gov.co

Morales is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Cauca in Colombia .

geography

Morales is located in the center of Cauca in the Provincia de Centro , 41 km from Popayán . The Río Cauca flows through the municipality . The municipality is bordered by Suárez and Buenos Aires in the north, Caldono and Piendamó in the east, Cajibío in the south and El Tambo and López de Micay in the west .

population

The municipality of Morales has 26,707 inhabitants, of which only 1553 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Morales was founded in 1806 with the purchase of the site and was initially called San Antonio de Padua del Ático . Morales was given the status of a district in 1852 and was a district of the Popayán Province until 1915 .

economy

The main industries of Morales are agriculture (especially coffee , sugar cane , corn , and bananas ), animal husbandry , mining ( gold and coal ) and the timber industry .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Morales - Cauca, accessed February 7, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).
  2. ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on February 7, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia (Excel; 1.72 MB)).