Mosquera (Cundinamarca)
Mosquera | ||
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Coordinates: 4 ° 42 ′ N , 74 ° 14 ′ W Mosquera on the map of Colombia
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Location of the municipality of Mosquera on the map of Cundinamarca
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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) | |
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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
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
- 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).