Sandoná

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Sandoná
Coordinates: 1 ° 17 ′  N , 77 ° 28 ′  W
Map: Colombia
marker
Sandoná​
Sandoná on the map of Colombia
Colombia - Nariño - Sandoná.svg
Location of the municipality of Sandoná on the map of Nariño
Basic data
Country Colombia
Department Nariño
City foundation 1866
Residents 25,759  (2019)
City insignia
Flag of Sandoná (Nariño) .svg
Escudo del municipio de Sandoná.jpg
Detailed data
surface 101 km 2
Population density 255 people / km 2
height 1848  m
Time zone UTC -5
City Presidency Byron Andrés Zambrano Rosas (2016-2019)
Website www.sandona-narino.gov.co
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Basilica
Nuestra Señora del Rosario Basilica

Sandoná is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Nariño in Colombia .

geography

Sandoná is located in the province of Pasto in Nariño at an altitude of 1848 meters and has an average annual temperature of 19.8 ° C. The municipality borders El Tambo and La Florida in the north, La Florida in the east, Consacá in the south and Linares and Ancuyá in the west .

population

The municipality of Sandoná has 25,759 inhabitants, of which 12,111 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

In the area of today's community originally lived indigenous people of Quillacinga . Sandoná was founded in 1867.

economy

The main branches of the economy in Sandoná are agriculture (especially sugar cane and coffee ), milk production and handicrafts (wickerwork made from the "toquilla straw" of the disk flower family ).

Web links

Commons : Sandoná  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Sandoná - Nariño, accessed April 2, 2019 (Spanish, information on 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 2, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).