San Marcos (Colombia)

San Marcos
Coordinates: 8 ° 40 ′ N , 75 ° 8 ′ W San Marcos on the map of Colombia	San Marcos
	San Marcos
	Location of the municipality of San Marcos on the map of Sucre
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Sucre
City foundation	1912
Residents	59,976 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	534 km 2
Population density	112 people / km 2
height	25 m
Waters	Río San Jorge
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Bladimir Eduardo Sierra Ochoa (2016–2019)
Website	www.sanmarcos-sucre.gov.co
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San Marcos is a municipality (municipio) in the department of Sucre in Colombia .

geography

San Marcos is located in the southwest of Sucre , in the San Jorge sub-region , 130 km from Sincelejo , at an altitude of 25 m above sea level. NN and has an average annual temperature of about 28 ° C. The municipality borders on La Unión and Caimito to the north, San Benito Abad to the east and the Departamento de Córdoba ( Sahagún , Pueblo Nuevo and Ayapel ) to the west and south .

population

The municipality of San Marcos has 59,976 inhabitants, of which 35,390 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

An exact founding date for San Marcos is not known. In the area of today's municipality, however, there were haciendas and settlements of freed slaves on the edge of the swamps as early as the beginning of the 18th century . San Marcos has had parish status since 1912.

economy

The main industries of San Marcos are fishing , agriculture and cattle production .

traffic

San Marcos has a small regional airport ( IATA code : SRS ).

Web links

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

Alcaldía de San Marcos - Sucre. Alcaldía del Municipio de San Marcos - Sucre, accessed April 19, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía del Municipio de San Marcos - Sucre, accessed April 19, 2019 (Spanish, information about the municipality).
↑ 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 April 19, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía del Municipio de San Marcos - Sucre, accessed April 19, 2019 (Spanish, information about the municipality).

[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 April 19, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).