San Juan Nepomuceno (Colombia)

San Juan Nepomuceno
Coordinates: 9 ° 57 '  N , 75 ° 5'  W San Juan Nepomuceno​ San Juan Nepomuceno on the map of Colombia
Location of the municipality of San Juan Nepomuceno on the map of Bolívar
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Bolívar
City foundation	1776
Residents	34,012  (2019)
Detailed data
surface	675 km 2
Population density	50 people / km 2
height	167  m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Benito Acosta (2016-2019)
Website	www.sanjuannepomuceno-bolivar.gov.co
Church in San Juan Nepomuceno

San Juan Nepomuceno is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Bolivar in northern Colombia .

geography

San Juan Nepomuceno is located in the center of Bolívar , 72 km from Cartagena and has an average temperature of 27 ° C. The municipality borders Mahates , El Guamo and Calamar in the north, Tenerife in the Magdalena department in the east, San Jacinto and Zambrano in the south and María La Baja in the west .

population

The municipality of San Juan Nepomuceno has 34,012 inhabitants, of which 27,412 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

On the territory of modern San Juan Nepomuceno lived before the arrival of the Spaniards indigenous people of Malibúes . The place itself was founded in 1776 by Antonio de la Torre y Miranda. San Juan Nepomuceno has had parish status since 1870.

economy

The main industries in San Juan Nepomuceno are cattle production and agriculture , especially the cultivation of yams , cassava , bananas and corn .

Web links

Commons : San Juan Nepomuceno, Bolívar  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alcaldía de San Juan Nepomuceno en Bolívar. Alcaldía de San Juan Nepomuceno - Bolívar, accessed June 4, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of San Juan Nepomuceno). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Information about the community ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
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 June 4, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).