Mosquera (Cundinamarca)

Mosquera
Coordinates: 4 ° 42 ′ N , 74 ° 14 ′ W Mosquera on the map of Colombia	Mosquera
	Mosquera
	Location of the municipality of Mosquera on the map of Cundinamarca
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
City foundation	1861
Residents	91,282 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	107 km 2
Population density	853 inhabitants / km 2
height	2516 m
Waters	Río Bogotá
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Gian Carlo Gerometta (2020-2023)
Website	www.mosquera-cundinamarca.gov.co
	Old Mosquera train station

Mosquera is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Cundinamarca in Colombia , which for metropolitan Bogotá belongs.

geography

Mosquera is located in the province of Sabana Occidental in Cundinamarca , in the immediate vicinity of Eldorado Airport in Bogotá (10 km). It is around 20 km as the crow flies to the center of the capital. Mosquera is at an altitude of 2516 m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature between 12 and 14 ° C. The municipality borders in the north on Funza , in the east on Bogotá (districts Fontibón , Kennedy and Bosa ), in the south on Soacha and in the west on Bojacá and Madrid .

population

The municipality of Mosquera has 91,282 inhabitants, of which 87,855 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera

Before the arrival of the Spaniards the area now Mosquera was the indigenous people of the Muisca inhabited. The region was conquered by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada . Administratively, Mosquera initially belonged to Funza . The city was founded in 1861 in honor of the Colombian President Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera on the site of the village of Cuatro Esquinas and raised directly to the status of a municipality.

economy

Traditionally, agriculture and cattle production are Mosquera's main industries. In particular, spinach , cauliflower , lettuce , carrots , celery , garlic , potatoes and peas are grown, as well as, to a lesser extent, ornamental plants . Due to the proximity to Bogotá, a lot of industry has settled, which is now the largest employer in the municipality.

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Information about the community ( Memento from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ 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).

[info-1] Information about the community ( Memento from December 20, 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 9, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).