San Juan del Cesar

San Juan del Cesar
Coordinates: 10 ° 46 ′ N , 73 ° 0 ′ W San Juan del Cesar on the map of Colombia	San Juan del Cesar
	San Juan del Cesar
	Location of the municipality of San Juan del Cesar on the map of La Guajira
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	La Guajira
City foundation	1701
Residents	39,472 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	1415 km 2
Population density	28 people / km 2
height	250 m
City Presidency	Luis Manuel Daza Mendoza (2016-2019)
Website	sanjuandelcesar-laguajira.gov.co
	Church in San Juan del Cesar

San Juan del Cesar is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of La Guajira in Colombia .

geography

San Juan del Cesar is located in the south of the La Guajira department , about 82 kilometers north of Valledupar , the capital of the adjacent Cesar department . The municipality borders on Riohacha and Dibulla to the north, Villanueva and El Molino to the south, Distracción , Fonseca and Venezuela to the east and Valledupar in Cesar to the southwest.

population

The municipality of San Juan del Cesar has 39,472 inhabitants, of which 26,372 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

The city goes back to an encomienda in colonial times, which was initially called La Porquera . Since 1701 the place was no longer an encomienda and was converted into a parish with the name San Juan Bautista ( John the Baptist ). After independence, the place became the capital of the canton of Cesar under the name Villa de San Juan del Cesar. Since 1886 San Juan del Cesar is a municipality in the current sense with the current name.

Personalities

Diomedes Díaz (1957–2013), singer and composer of Vallenato music

Web links

Commons : San Juan del Cesar - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Alcaldía de San Juan Del Cesar - La Guajira. Alcaldía de San Juan del Cesar - La Guajira, accessed on June 11, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of San Juan del Cesar).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de San Juan del Cesar - La Guajira, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, community information).
↑ 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).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de San Juan del Cesar - La Guajira, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish, community information).

[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 11, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).