Sardinata

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Sardinata
Coordinates: 8 ° 5 ′  N , 72 ° 48 ′  W
Map: Colombia
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Basic data
Country Colombia
Department North of Santander
City foundation 1906
Residents 22,583  (2019)
City insignia
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Detailed data
surface 1451 km 2
Population density 16 people / km 2
height 320  m
Waters Río Sardinata
Time zone UTC -5
City Presidency Yamile Rangel Calderón (2016-2019)
Website www.sardinata-nortedesantander.gov.co
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Sardinata is a Colombian municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Norte de Santander .

geography

Sardinata is located in the north of Norte de Santander at an altitude of 320  m above sea level. NN in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes about 65 km from Cúcuta and has an average temperature of 27 ° C. The municipality borders on Tibú to the north, Cúcuta and El Zulia to the east, San Calixto , Hacarí , Ábrego and Bucarasica to the west and Lourdes , Gramalote and El Zulia to the south .

population

The municipality of Sardinata has 22,583 inhabitants, of which 9303 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Sardinata received the status of a parish in 1906 due to the efforts of the priest Raimundo Ordoñez Yañez.

An explosion in a coal mine La Preciosa in January 2011, 21 miners were killed. Four years earlier, 31 people had been killed in a gas accident.

economy

The main industries in Sardinata are agriculture , mining and animal husbandry .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Sardinata - Norte de Santander, accessed April 9, 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 9, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
  3. ↑ Luto en Sardinata por explosión en mina de carbón. El Espectador, January 26, 2011, accessed April 9, 2019 (Spanish).