San Francisco ( Spanish: San Francisco ) is a city and municipality in northern Colombia , in the Antioquia department. It is part of the East Antioquia subregion .
| City | |||
| San francisco | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish San francisco | |||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||
| The Department | Antioquia | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Founded | 1830 | ||
| Area | 373 km² | ||
| Center height | 1160 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 5625 people ( 2012 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| sanfrancisco-antioquia.gov.co (Spanish) | |||
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Geographical location
- 3 population
- 4 Economics
- 5 notes
History
The settlement from which the city later grew was founded in 1830 . The municipality of San Francisco was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1986 . The name of the city is associated with the name of St. Francis of Assisi .
Geographical position
The city is located in the southeastern part of the department, in the highlands of Central Cordillera , approximately 55 kilometers east-southeast (ESE) from Medellin , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 1160 meters above sea level [1] .
The municipality of San Francisco borders in the north with the municipality of San Luis , in the northwest with the municipality of Kokorna , in the west, south and east with the municipality of Sonson , in the northeast with the municipality of Puerto Trunfo . The area of the municipality is 373 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2012 was 5625 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6395 | 6270 | 6161 | 6048 | 5939 | 5838 | 5733 | 5625 |
According to the 2005 census, men accounted for 51.2% of the San Francisco population, women - 48.8%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 99.9% of the city's population; Negroes , mulattoes and Raysals - 0.1% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 75.4%.
Economics
The basis of the economy of San Francisco is agricultural production and tourism . Livestock is developed.
70.5% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 24.8% are service enterprises, 3.4% are industrial enterprises, 1.3% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Notes
- ↑ San Francisco, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment November 16, 2013.
- ↑ Municipalities of Colombia . Statoids.com. Date of treatment November 16, 2013.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Date of treatment November 19, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil San Francisco - Antioquia (Spanish) (unavailable link) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica. Date of treatment November 19, 2013. Archived November 29, 2006.