Mutatá

Mutatá
Coordinates: 7 ° 15 ′ N , 76 ° 26 ′ W Mutatá on the map of Colombia	Mutatá
	Mutatá
	Location of the municipality of Mutatá on the map of Antioquia
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Antioquia
City foundation	1850
Residents	22,505 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	1106 km 2
Population density	20 people / km 2
height	75 m
City Presidency	Jairo Ortiz (2016-2019)
Website	mutata-antioquia.gov.co
	Church in Mutatá

Mutata is a municipality ( municipio ) in the Department of Antioquia in Colombia .

geography

Mutatá is located in the sub-region Urabá in Antioquia 358 km from Medellín at an altitude of about 75 m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 28 ° C. The municipality is bordered by Chigorodó and Turbo in the north, Dabeiba in the south, Riosucio in Chocó in the west and Ituango and Tierralta in Córdoba in the east .

population

The municipality of Mutatá has 22,505 inhabitants, of which 6038 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Mutatá emerged from around 1850 through the settlement of people who were looking for stone nuts or wanted to go into mining . The original name was Pavarandocito . Mutatá received the status of a municipality in 1887.

economy

The main industry in Mutatá is agriculture . Manioc and pineapple in particular are grown. A potential in the development of ecotourism is seen.

Web links

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

Alcaldía de Mutatá - Antioquia. Alcaldía de Mutatá - Antioquia, accessed on May 13, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Mutatá).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Mutatá - Antioquia, accessed on May 13, 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 May 13, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Mutatá - Antioquia, accessed on May 13, 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 May 13, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).