Pensilvania

Pensilvania
Coordinates: 5 ° 23 ′ N , 75 ° 10 ′ W Pensilvania on the map of Colombia	Pensilvania
	Pensilvania
	Location of the municipality of Pensilvania on the map of Caldas
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Caldas
City foundation	1866
Residents	26,342 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	530 km 2
Population density	50 people / km 2
height	2100 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Jesús Iván Ospina Atehortúa (2016–2019)
Website	www.pensilvania-caldas.gov.co
	Pensilvania from above
	Church in Pensilvania
	Center of Pensilvania

Pensilvania is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Caldas in Colombia .

geography

Pensilvania is located in the east of Caldas in the Alto Oriente sub-region , 148 km from Manizales , and has an average temperature of 17 to 19 ° C. The community is located at 2100 meters in the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes . The municipality is bordered by Sonsón and Nariño in the Antioquia Department in the north and northeast , Samaná in the east , Marquetalia and Manzanares in the south and southwest, and Aguadas , Salamina and Marulanda in the west .

Demographics

The municipality of Pensilvania has 26,342 inhabitants, of which 8580 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

When the Spaniards arrived, the Pantágoras, an indigenous people who were exterminated during the conquest, lived in the area of today's Pensilvania . As a result, the area was uninhabited for 300 years. Pensilvania was founded in 1860 by merchants from Antioquia .

economy

The main industries in Pensylvania are the cultivation of coffee and other agricultural products ( sugar cane , potatoes and fruit ) as well as timber and pond farming .

Personalities

Rodrigo Escobar Aristizábal (* 1939), Bishop of Girardot (1982–1987)
Oscar José Vélez Isaza (* 1954), Bishop of Valledupar (2003–)

Web links

Commons : Pensilvania - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Municipio de Pensilvania. Alcaldía de Pensilvania - Caldas, accessed on January 31, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Pensilvania).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Pensilvania - Caldas, accessed January 31, 2019 (Spanish, municipality information).
↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on January 31, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia (Excel; 1.72 MB)).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Pensilvania - Caldas, accessed January 31, 2019 (Spanish, municipality information).

[2] ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on January 31, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia (Excel; 1.72 MB)).