Girardota ( Spanish: Girardota ) - a city and municipality in the north of Colombia , in the department of Antioquia . It is part of the Medellin metropolitan area.
| City | |||||
| Girardot | |||||
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| Spanish Girardota | |||||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||||
| The Department | Antioquia | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Based | 1620 | ||||
| Square | 78 km² | ||||
| Center height | 1426 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 50 573 people ( 2012 ) | ||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
| girardota.areadigital.gov.co (Spanish) | |||||
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History
The settlement from which the city later grew was founded in 1620 . The municipality of Girardot was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1833 .
Geographical position
The city is located in the central part of the department, on the right bank of the Porse River, approximately 13 kilometers northeast of Medellin , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 1426 meters above sea level [1] .
The municipality of Hirardot borders on the north with the municipalities of San Pedro de los Milagros and Donmatias , in the east with the municipalities of Barbosa and San Vicente , in the south with the municipality of Guarne , in the west with the municipality of Copacabana . The area of the municipality is 78 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2012 was 50 573 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 566 | 43,690 | 44,788 | 45 917 | 47,055 | 48 206 | 49 381 | 50,573 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 49% of the population of Hirardota, women - 51%, respectively. In racial terms, blacks , mulattoes and Raisals made up 73.4% of the city’s population; whites and mestizos - 26.6% [4] . The literacy rate among the entire population was 92.9%.
Economics
The basis of the Hirardot economy is agricultural production , as well as the manufacture of pottery and artificial fibers .
57.3% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 32.3% are service enterprises, 9.6% are industrial enterprises, 0.8% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Religion
The city is the center of the Catholic Diocese of Hirardota .
Notes
- ↑ Giradota, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment December 30, 2013.
- ↑ Municipalities of Colombia . Statoids.com. Date of treatment December 30, 2013.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) (unavailable link) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Date of treatment January 2, 2014. Archived on June 13, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Girardota - Antioquia (Spanish) (link not available) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica. Date of treatment January 2, 2014. Archived January 2, 2014.