San Sebastián de Buenavista ( Spanish: San Sebastián de Buenavista ) is a city and municipality in northern Colombia , in the Department of Magdalena .
| City | |||||
| San Sebastian de Buenavista | |||||
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| Spanish San sebastián de buenavista | |||||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||||
| The Department | Magdalena | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Founded | 1748 | ||||
| Area | 421 km² | ||||
| Center height | 24 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 17 483 people ( 2015 ) | ||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
| sansebastiandebuenavista-magdalena.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 1748 . The municipality of San Sebastian de Buenavista was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1957 .
Geographical position
The city is located in the southern part of the department, on the right of the Magdalena River , at a distance of approximately 218 kilometers southwest (SSW) from Santa Marta , the administrative center of the department of Magdalena. The absolute height is 24 meters above sea level [1] .
The municipality of San Sebastian de Buenavista borders in the north with the territory of the municipality of Pihigno del Carmen , in the northwest and west with the municipality of San Cenon , in the south and southeast with the municipality of Guamal , in the southwest with the territory of the department of Bolivar , in the northeast - with the territory of the department of Cesar . The area of the municipality is 421 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 17,483 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17,267 | 17,284 | 17 302 | 17 321 | 17 341 | 17,362 | 17 384 | 17 407 | 17 432 | 17 457 | 17,483 |
According to the 2005 census, men accounted for 52.4% of the population of San Sebastian de Buenavista, women - 47.6%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 93.6% of the city's population; Negroes , mulattoes and Raysals - 6.4% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 84.1%.
Economics
The basis of the economy of San Sebastian de Buenavista is agricultural production .
62.9% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 20.3% are service enterprises, 16.1% are industrial enterprises, 0.7% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Notes
- ↑ San Sebastian de Buenavista, 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 San Sebastián de Buenavista - Magdalena (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.