San Vicente ( Spanish: San Vicente ) is a city and municipality in northern Colombia , in the Antioquia department. It is part of the East Antioquia subregion .
| City | |||||
| Sao vicente | |||||
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| Spanish San vicente | |||||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||||
| The Department | Antioquia | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Based | 1759 | ||||
| Square | km² | ||||
| Center height | 2000 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 17 877 people ( 2012 ) | ||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
| sanvicente-antioquia.gov.co (Spanish) | |||||
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History
The settlement from which the city later grew was founded on October 3, 1759 . The municipality of San Vicente was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1814 . The name of the city is associated with the name of the Catholic saint, Dominican monk Vincent Ferrer .
Geographical position
The city is located in the eastern part of the department, in the highlands of Central Cordillera , about 22 kilometers east of Medellin , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 2000 meters above sea level [1] .
The municipality of San Vicente borders in the north with the municipality of Barbosa , in the northeast - with the municipality of Concepcion , in the east - with the municipality of El Peñol , in the south - with the municipalities of Marinilla and Rionegro , in the west - with the municipality of Guarne , in the north-west with the municipality of Girardot . The area of the municipality is 243 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2012 was 17,877 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19,438 | 19,233 | 19 009 | 18,776 | 18 552 | 18 330 | 18 110 | 17,877 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 50.9% of the population of San Vicente, women - 49.1%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 99.1% of the city's population; Negroes , mulattoes and Raisals - 0.9% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 89.9%.
Economics
The basis of the economy of San Vicente is agricultural production .
47.4% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 41.5% are service enterprises, 8.3% are industrial enterprises, 2.8% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Notes
- ↑ San Vicente, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment November 21, 2013.
- ↑ Municipalities of Colombia . Statoids.com. Date of treatment November 20, 2013.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Date of treatment November 23, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil San Vicente - Antioquia (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica. Date of treatment November 23, 2013.