Pueblo Viejo ( Spanish: Pueblo Viejo ), also known as Puebloviejo - a city and municipality in northern Colombia , in the department of Magdalena .
| City | |||||
| Pueblo viejo | |||||
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| Spanish Pueblo viejo | |||||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||||
| The Department | Magdalena | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Based | 1526 | ||||
| Square | km² | ||||
| Center height | 0 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 30,462 people ( 2015 ) | ||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
| puebloviejo-magdalena.gov.co (Spanish) | |||||
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History
The settlement from which the city later grew was founded in 1526 . The municipality of Pueblo Viejo was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1929 .
Geographical position
The city is located in the northern part of the department, on the coast of the Caribbean Sea , in the Magdalena River Delta, approximately 24 kilometers southwest of Santa Marta , the administrative center of the Magdalena Department. The absolute height is 0 meters above sea level [1] .
The municipality of Pueblo Viejo borders in the west with the territory of the municipality of Sitionuevo , in the southwest with the municipality of Remolino , in the south with the municipality of El Retin , in the southeast with the municipality of Aracataca , in the east with the municipalities of Cienaga and Sona Bananaire , in the north it is washed by the waters of the Caribbean Sea. The area of the municipality is 678 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 30,462 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24,994 | 25,547 | 26 056 | 26,589 | 27 103 | 27 644 | 28 174 | 28 720 | 29,290 | 29,869 | 30,462 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 51.7% of the population of Pueblo Viejo, women - 48.3%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 91.4% of the city's population; Negroes , mulattoes and Raysals - 8.6% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 73.9%.
Economics
The basis of the economy of Pueblo Viejo is fishing and agricultural production .
53.6% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 31.9% are service enterprises, 8.3% are industrial enterprises, 6.2% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Attractions
To the west of the city is the national park Isla de Salamanca .
Notes
- ↑ Puebloviejo, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer.
- ↑ Municipalities of Colombia . Statoids.com.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Pueblo Viejo - Magdalena (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.