San Juan del Cesar ( Spanish: San Juan del Cesar ) is a city and municipality in northeast Colombia , in the territory of the department of Guajira .
| City | |||||
| San juan del cesar | |||||
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| Spanish San juan del cesar | |||||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||||
| The Department | Guajira | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Founded | |||||
| Area | 1415 km² | ||||
| Center height | 245 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 35 972 people ( 2012 ) | ||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
| sanjuandelcesar-laguajira.gov.co (Spanish) | |||||
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Geographical location
- 3 population
- 4 Economics
- 5 notes
History
San Juan del Cesar was founded on June 24, 1701 .
Geographical position
The city is located in the southwestern part of the department, on the right bank of the Cesar River , at a distance of approximately 670 kilometers northeast (NNE) from the country's capital Bogota . The absolute height is 245 meters above sea level [1] .
The area of the municipality is 1415 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2012 was 35,972 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the city by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33,654 | 33 913 | 34 195 | 34 502 | 34 834 | 35 189 | 35 568 | 35 972 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 49.5% of the population of the city, women - 50.5%, respectively. In racial terms, whites and mestizos accounted for 75.5% of the population of the city; Indians - 13.5%; blacks , mulattoes and Raisals - 11% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 87.3%.
Economics
61.2% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 33% are service enterprises, 5% are industrial enterprises, 0.8% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Notes
- ↑ San Juan del Cesar, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment June 16, 2013. Archived June 16, 2013.
- ↑ Municipalities of Colombia . Statoids.com. Date of treatment June 16, 2013. Archived June 16, 2013.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Date of treatment June 17, 2013. Archived June 17, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil San Juan del Cesar - La Guajira (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica. Date of treatment June 17, 2013. Archived June 17, 2013.