Villa del Rosario (Colombia)

Villa del Rosario
Coordinates: 7 ° 50 ′ N , 72 ° 28 ′ W Villa del Rosario on the map of Colombia	Villa del Rosario
	Villa del Rosario
	Location of the municipality of Villa del Rosario on the map of Norte de Santander
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	North of Santander
City foundation	1761
Residents	96,953 (2019)
- in the metropolitan area	892.732
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	228 km 2
Population density	425 inhabitants / km 2
height	360 m
Waters	Río Táchira
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Eugenio Rangel (2020-2023)
Website	villadelrosario-nortedesantander.gov.co/index.shtml
	View of Villa del Rosario
	Historic church in Villa del Rosario
	Grancolombiano Park

Villa del Rosario is a municipality ( municipio ) in Departamento de Norte Santander in the east of Colombia . It belongs to the metropolitan area of the Cúcuta metropolitan area . Compared to the coordinated universal time , the local time of the congregation is five hours behind.

geography

The municipality borders Venezuela in the north and east , as well as the Colombian municipalities of Cúcuta in the north, Ragonvalia and Chinácota in the south and Los Patios in the west. The river Río Táchira forms the border to the state of the same name of Venezuela, the distance to Cúcuta is 5 km. The average temperature is 30 ° C and the altitude is 320 m above sea level.

population

The municipality of Villa del Rosario has 96,953 inhabitants, 92,780 of whom live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality. 892,732 people live in the metropolitan region (as of 2019).

history

The community dates back to 1761. The founders are generally Doña Ascencia Rodríguez de Morales and Don José Díaz de Austudillo, who donated the land necessary to found the place. The village became a parish in 1774. In view of its importance, the citizens of Villa del Rosario asked the Spanish King Charles IV for the place name title of a villa . On May 23, 1792, Nuestra Señora del Rosario was awarded the title of "Noble, fell y Valerosa Villa" with a royal charter .

Some important residents come from Villa del Rosario, including the lawyer and general Francisco de Paula Santander , whose work in the War of Independence and in the Republic made him the head of public administration and the democratic center of the state. In 1821 the first Greater Colombian constitution was drawn up in the village, which is why Villa del Rosario can be described as the birthplace of today's states of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

economy

The main industry is the community due to the limit position of the trade . There are also some factories that manufacture, among other things, shoes , furniture , clay products, handicrafts , clothing and leather goods.

Attractions

At the Venezuelan border leading Panamericana is about 6 km away from the border of the Parque Grancolombiano . The Casa de Santander is located on its 4 hectare site . Francisco de Paula Santander grew up in the building, which is now used as a museum, for the first 13 years of his life, and is remembered there with various exhibits. There is also an old tamarind tree under which the MPs are said to have occasionally taken a break while working on the constitution.

Infrastructure

In Villa del Rosario, the Puente Internacional Simón Bolívar bridge over the Río Táchira between the district of La Parada and San Antonio del Táchira is the most important border crossing between Colombia and Venezuela. The Autopista Internacional connects the municipality with Cúcuta and San Cristóbal in Venezuela.

sons and daughters of the town

Francisco de Paula Santander (1792–1840), General of the New Grenadine Union, Vice-President of Greater Colombia and President of the Republic of New Granada

Web links

Commons : Villa del Rosario - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldia de Villa del Rosario. Alcaldía de Villa del Rosario - Norte de Santander, accessed on April 9, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).

Individual evidence

^ Villa del Rosario. Área Metropolitana de Cúcuta, accessed April 9, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Villa del Rosario - Norte de Santander, accessed April 9, 2019 (Spanish, information on 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 9, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
↑ El Parque Grancolombiano, un sueño rosariense que le coquetea a la región. La Opinión, accessed April 9, 2019 (Spanish).

[1] Villa del Rosario. Área Metropolitana de Cúcuta, accessed April 9, 2019 .

[municipio-2] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Villa del Rosario - Norte de Santander, accessed April 9, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).

[3] 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).

[4] El Parque Grancolombiano, un sueño rosariense que le coquetea a la región. La Opinión, accessed April 9, 2019 (Spanish).