San Agustín (Colombia)

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San Agustin
Coordinates: 1 ° 53 ′  N , 76 ° 16 ′  W
Map: Colombia
marker
San Agustin
San Agustin on the map of Colombia
Colombia - Huila - San Agustín.svg
Location of the municipality of San Agustín on the map of Huila
Basic data
Country Colombia
Department Huila
City foundation 1790
Residents 34,120  (2019)
City insignia
Flag of San Agustín (Huila) .svg
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)
Website www.sanagustin-huila.gov.co
View of San Agustín
View of San Agustín
Street in San Agustín
Street in San Agustín
The San Agustín Archaeological Park
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

Commons : San Agustín  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry of the Archaeological Park of San Agustín as UNESCO World Heritage
  2. Information on geography on the website of the municipality of San Agustín (Spanish)  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sanagustin-huila.gov.co  
  3. 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).
  4. Information about the history on the website of the municipality of San Agustín (Spanish)  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sanagustin-huila.gov.co  
  5. Information on the economy on the website of the municipality of San Agustín (Spanish)  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sanagustin-huila.gov.co