Villamaría

Villamaría
Coordinates: 5 ° 3 ′ N , 75 ° 31 ′ W Villamaría on the map of Colombia	Villamaría
	Villamaría
	Location of the municipality of Villamaría on the map of Caldas
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Caldas
City foundation	1852
Residents	60,729 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	461 km 2
Population density	132 inhabitants / km 2
height	1920 m
Waters	Río Chinchiná
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Juan Alejandro Holguín Zuluaga (2016-2019)
Website	www.villamaria-caldas.gov.co
	Villamaría Town Hall

Villa Maria is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Caldas in Colombia .

geography

Villamaría is located in Caldas in the Centro Sur sub-region , 4 km south of Manizales , at an altitude of 1920 m above sea level. NN . The municipality borders on Manizales to the north, Chinchiná and Santa Rosa de Cabal in Risaralda to the west, Herveo and Murillo in Tolima to the east and Santa Rosa de Cabal to the south.

population

The municipality of Villamaría has 60,729 inhabitants, of which 50,841 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Before the arrival of the Spaniards, indigenous peoples lived in what is now Villamaría . However, these disappeared due to the conquest and various volcanic eruptions, so that the area was uninhabited until the 19th century. It was not repopulated until 1834 as part of the antioquic colonization ( Colonización Antioqueña ). The place Villamaría was officially founded in 1852.

economy

Mining has traditionally been the main industry in Villamaría. Today agriculture plays the most important role, especially the cultivation of coffee . There is also timber industry . After Manizales, Villamaría is the most industrialized city in Caldas.

sons and daughters of the town

Juan Alejandro García (* 1983), racing cyclist
Carlos Quintero (* 1986), racing cyclist

Web links

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

Alcaldía Municipal de Villamaria Caldas. Alcaldía de Villamaria - Caldas, accessed on June 5, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Villamaria).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Information on the municipality (Spanish) ( Memento from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ 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 4, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[archiv-1] Information on the municipality (Spanish) ( Memento from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

[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 4, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).