Spain ( Spanish Hispania ) is a city and municipality in the west of Colombia , in the Antioquia department. Included in the subregion of Southwest Antioquia .
| City | |||
| Spain | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Hispania | |||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||
| The Department | Antioquia | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Based | 1925 | ||
| Square | 58 km² | ||
| Center height | 942 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 4,854 people ( 2012 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| hispania-antioquia.gov.co (Spanish) | |||
Content
History
The settlement, from which the city later grew, was founded in 1925 . The municipality of Spain was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1984 .
Geographical position
The city is located in the southwestern part of the department, in the highlands of Western Cordillera , on the banks of the Pedral River, approximately 56 kilometers southwest of Medellin , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 942 meters above sea level [1] .
The municipality of Spain borders in the north and east with the municipality of Pueblorrico , in the south with the municipalities of Andes and Betania , in the west with the municipality of Ciudad Bolivar . The area of the municipality is 58 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2012 was 4854 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4821 | 4826 | 4830 | 4835 | 4840 | 4845 | 4849 | 4854 |
According to the 2005 census, men accounted for 50.6% of the population of Spain, women - 49.4%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 92.5% of the city's population; Negroes , mulattoes and Raisals - 7.1%, Indians - 0.4% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 79.8%.
Economics
The basis of the Spanish economy is agricultural production .
49.5% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 31.4% are service enterprises, 18.6% are industrial enterprises, 0.5% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Hispania, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment January 21, 2014.
- ↑ Municipalities of Colombia . Statoids.com. Date of treatment January 21, 2014.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística. Date of treatment January 22, 2014.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Hispania - Antioquia (Spanish) (unavailable link) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica. Date of treatment January 22, 2014. Archived February 1, 2014.