Santa Ana ( Spanish: Santa Ana ) is a city and municipality in the north of Colombia , in the department of Magdalena .
| City | |||||
| Santa ana | |||||
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| Spanish Santa ana | |||||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||||
| The Department | Magdalena | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Founded | 1751 | ||||
| Area | 1479 km² | ||||
| Center height | 25 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 25 938 people ( 2015 ) | ||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
| santaana-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 1751 . The municipality of Santa Ana was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1918 .
Geographical position
The city is located in the southern part of the department, on the right bank of the Mompos sleeve of the Magdalena River , approximately 213 kilometers southwest (SSW) from Santa Marta , the administrative center of the Magdalena department. The absolute height is 25 meters above sea level [1] .
The municipality of Santa Ana borders in the north with the territories of the municipalities of Ariguany , Nueva Granada and Plateau , in the north-west with the municipality of Santa Barbara de Pinto , in the southeast with the municipalities of San Cenon and Pihinho del Carmen , in the south-west - with the territory of the department of Bolivar , in the east - with the territory of the department of Cesar . The area of the municipality is 1479 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 25,938 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23,235 | 23,440 | 23,684 | 23,929 | 24 195 | 24,468 | 24,749 | 25,034 | 25 329 | 25,628 | 25 938 |
According to the 2005 census, men accounted for 52.8% of the population of Santa Ana, women - respectively 47.2%. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 99.4% of the city's population; blacks , mulattoes and raisals - 0.5%; Indians - 0.1% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 79.2%.
Economics
The basis of the economy of Santa Ana is agricultural production .
59.1% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 27.6% are service enterprises, 13% are industrial enterprises, 0.3% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Santa Ana, 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 Santa Ana - Magdalena (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.