Villanueva (Santander)

Villanueva
Coordinates: 6 ° 40 ′ N , 73 ° 10 ′ W Villanueva on the map of Colombia	Villanueva
	Villanueva
	Location of the municipality of Villanueva on the map of Santander
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Santander
City foundation	1948
Residents	5443 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	99.78
height	1450 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Lillyam Chaparro Ballesteros (2016-2019)
Website	www.villanueva-santander.gov.co
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Villanueva is a municipality (municipio) in the department of Santander in Colombia . Villanueva was founded in 1948.

geography

Cañón del Chicamocha

The municipality of Villanueva is located in the province of Guanentá in Santander in the Colombian Andes . Part of the Cañón del Chicamocha , one of the deepest canyons in Latin America, lies on the territory of the municipality . The place itself is at an altitude of about 1450 meters and has an average annual temperature of 23 ° C. Villanueva is 115 kilometers from Bucaramanga . The municipality borders Zapatoca and Los Santos in the north, Jordán and Curití in the east, San Gil in the south and Barichara in the west .

population

The municipality of Villanueva has 5443 inhabitants, of which 3648 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

economy

The main industry in Villanueva is agriculture . Mainly beans , tobacco , cassava and corn are grown. There is also livestock farming and the processing of natural fibers . In addition, plaster of paris , natural stone and marble are mined.

Web links

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

Página Oficial del Municipio de Villanueva. Alcaldía del Municipio de Villanueva - Santander, accessed April 19, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía del Municipio de Villanueva - Santander, 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 18, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía del Municipio de Villanueva - Santander, 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 18, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).