San Andrés de Tumaco ( Spanish: San Andrés de Tumaco ), better known simply as Tumaco ( Spanish: Tumaco ), is a city and municipality in Colombia that is part of the Narinho department, a port on the Pacific coast. It is located not far from the border with Ecuador and is inhabited mainly by Afro-Colombians. Tumaco is also unofficially called the " Pearl of the Pacific " because of the beautiful beaches in its vicinity.
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| Tumaco | |||||||||
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| Spanish Tumaco | |||||||||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||||||||
| The Department | Narinho | ||||||||
| The mayor | Arnulfo Victor Gallo | ||||||||
| History and Geography | |||||||||
| Based | 1640 | ||||||||
| Square | 3 760 km² | ||||||||
| Center height | 2 m | ||||||||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
| Population | 187,084 people ( 2012 ) | ||||||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||||||
| tumaco-narino.gov.co/index.shtml (Spanish) | |||||||||
In 2009, Colombian filmmaker Samuel Cordoba directed a documentary on the city of Tumaco Pacífico , presented and evaluated at a number of documentary film festivals. [one]
The city is also known as the birthplace of a number of famous football players, among them Willington Ortiz .
Geographical position
The city is located in the department of Narinho . The absolute height is 2 meters above sea level [2] .
The area of the municipality is 3,760 km² [3] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2012 was 187,084 people [4] . The dynamics of the population of the city by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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| 160,034 | 163,874 | 167 545 | 171 281 | 175 093 | 179 005 | 183 006 | 187 084 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 49.9% of the city’s population, women - 50.1%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 6.0% of the city's population; blacks - 89.0%; Indians - 5.0%. [5] . The literacy rate among people over 5 years old was 76.9%.
Notes
- ↑ TUMACO PACIFICO un documental de Samuel Córdoba (unavailable link) . Date of treatment June 17, 2013. Archived March 22, 2009.
- ↑ Tumaco, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment June 18, 2013. Archived June 18, 2013.
- ↑ Municipalities of Colombia . Statoids.com. Date of treatment June 18, 2013. Archived June 17, 2013.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Date of treatment June 18, 2013. Archived June 17, 2013.
- ↑ Censo General 2005. Perfil Tumaco Narino (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica. Date of treatment June 18, 2013. Archived June 18, 2013.