Planadas

Planadas
Coordinates: 3 ° 12 ′ N , 75 ° 39 ′ W Planadas on the map of Colombia	Planadas
	Planadas
	Location of the municipality of Planadas on the map of Tolima
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Tolima
City foundation	1920
Residents	30,117 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	1445 km 2
Population density	21 people / km 2
height	1450 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	José Funor Dussan (2016-2019)
Website	www.planadas-tolima.gov.co
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Planadas is a municipality (municipio) in the department of Tolima in Colombia .

geography

Planadas is located in the Provincia del Sur in Tolima , 220 km from Ibagué at an altitude of 1450 m above sea level. NN in the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes , and has an average annual temperature of 20 ° C. The municipality borders in the north with Ataco and Rioblanco in Tolima, in the west with Miranda , Corinto , Toribío and Páez in Cauca , in the east with Aipe , Neiva , Palermo and Santa María in Huila and in the south with Teruel in Huila. The Nevado del Huila volcano lies partly on the territory of the municipality of Planadas.

population

The municipality of Planadas has 30,117 inhabitants, of whom 7741 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) (as of 2019).

history

A penal colony for smugglers under the name Sur de Atá was founded in the area of today's Planada in 1920 . This colony was dissolved in 1931. The present place was founded in 1932 by the Jesuit Fermín Larrazabal together with a group of settlers from Antioquia and Huila . Planadas received the status of a municipality in 1966.

Infrastructure

Planadas has a small airfield that has the IATA code PLA .

Web links

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

Alcaldía de Planadas - Tolima. Alcaldía del Municipio de Planadas - Tolima, accessed on April 23, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Información del municipio. Alcaldía del Municipio de Planadas - Tolima, accessed April 23, 2019 (Spanish, information about 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 April 23, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Información del municipio. Alcaldía del Municipio de Planadas - Tolima, accessed April 23, 2019 (Spanish, information about 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 April 23, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).