Samaná (Colombia)

Samaná
Coordinates: 5 ° 25 ′ N , 75 ° 0 ′ W Samaná on the map of Colombia	Samaná
	Samaná
	Location of the municipality of Samaná on the map of Caldas
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Caldas
City foundation	1884
Residents	25,798 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	804 km 2
Population density	32 people / km 2
height	1460 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Gloria Inés Ortíz Cardona (2016-2019)
Website	www.samana-caldas.gov.co
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Samana is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Caldas in Colombia .

geography

Samaná is located in the east of Caldas in the Alto Oriente sub-region , 189 km from Manizales , and has an average temperature of 20 ° C. The community is located at 1460 meters. The municipality borders in the north and northeast Nariño and Argelia in the Departamento de Antioquia , in the east Victoria and Norcasia , in the south Marquetalia and Victoria and in the west Pensilvania and Nariño.

Demographics

The municipality of Samaná has 25,798 inhabitants, of whom 5,192 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 Samaná . As a result, the area was uninhabited for 300 years. Pensilvania was founded in 1860 by settlers from Antioquia as San Agustín . The place received the status of a municipality in 1896. The community was renamed Samaná in 1930 to provide more direct links with the region's indigenous roots.

economy

The main industry in Samaná is agriculture , especially the cultivation of coffee and sugar cane .

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Samaná - Caldas, accessed January 31, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).
↑ 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 Samaná - Caldas, accessed January 31, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).

[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)).