San Agustín (Colombia)
San Agustin | ||
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Coordinates: 1 ° 53 ′ N , 76 ° 16 ′ W San Agustin on the map of Colombia
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Location of the municipality of San Agustín on the map of Huila
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Basic data | ||
Country | Colombia | |
Department | Huila | |
City foundation | 1790 | |
Residents | 34,120 (2019) | |
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Detailed data | ||
surface | 1386 km 2 | |
Population density | 25 people / km 2 | |
height | 1730 m | |
Time zone | UTC -5 | |
City Presidency | Ever Bolaños Jojoa (2016-2019) | |
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View of San Agustín | ||
Street in San Agustín | ||
The San Agustín Archaeological Park |
San Agustín is a municipality (municipio) in the department of Huila in the Colombian Andes .
San Agustín became famous for numerous rock sculptures and mystical figures made with the simplest tools, which were created in the period from 100 to 1200 AD by the San Agustín culture , which was named after the place where the artifacts were found. The Archaeological Park of San Agustín , which extends in particular over parts of the territory of the municipalities of San Agustín and Isnos , is a Unesco World Heritage Site .
geography
San Agustín is located in Huila , in the Subsur sub- region , 264 km from Neiva at an altitude of 1730 m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 18 ° C. The municipality borders on Isnos to the north, Santa Rosa in Cauca to the south, Pitalito to the east and San Sebastián , La Vega , Sotará and Puracé in Cauca to the west .
population
The municipality of San Agustín has 34,120 inhabitants, of which 11,872 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).
history
In pre-Columbian times, the area of today's municipality was populated by the San Agustín culture . After the fall of culture, the region was inhabited by other indigenous peoples . Around 1609, a place on the site of today's municipality is mentioned as an indigenous village. In 1757 a monk first reported on the artifacts of the San Agustín culture. From 1790 San Agustín was an officially registered village (aldea) . Since 1926 San Agustín has had the status of a municipality.
economy
The main industry of San Agustín, besides tourism, is agriculture . The main agricultural product is coffee , but other products are also grown.
Web links
- Alcaldía Municipal. Alcaldía de San Agustín - Huila, accessed on June 11, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of San Agustín).
- Mysterious city in Colombia sz.de from March 2, 2016
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry of the Archaeological Park of San Agustín as UNESCO World Heritage
- ↑ Information on geography on the website of the municipality of San Agustín (Spanish) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 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 11, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
- ↑ Information about the history on the website of the municipality of San Agustín (Spanish) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information on the economy on the website of the municipality of San Agustín (Spanish) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.