El Retén ( Spanish: El Retén ) is a city and municipality in northern Colombia , within the Magdalena department.
| City | |||
| El retin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish El retén | |||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||
| The Department | Magdalena | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Based | 1913 | ||
| Square | 268 km² | ||
| Center height | 27 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 20 981 people ( 2015 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| elreten-magdalena.gov.co (Spanish) | |||
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History
The settlement, from which the city later grew, was founded in 1913 . The municipality of El Retin was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1996 .
Geographical position
The city is located in the northern part of the department, on the right bank of the Fundacion River, approximately 66 kilometers south-southwest (SSW) from Santa Marta , the administrative center of the Magdalena department. The absolute height is 27 meters above sea level [1] .
The municipality of El Retin borders in the north with the territory of the municipality of Pueblo Viejo , in the west with the municipality of Remolino , in the south with the municipality of Pivihai , in the southwest with the municipality of Fundacion , in the west with the municipality of Aracataca . The area of the municipality is 268 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 20,981 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 809 | 19 023 | 19,223 | 19 422 | 19 629 | 19,830 | 20 053 | 20,269 | 20,499 | 20 736 | 20 981 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 52.9% of the population of El Retin, women - 47.1%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 61.9% of the city’s population; Negroes , mulattoes and Raisals - 37.9%, Indians - 0.2% [4] . The literacy rate among the entire population was 80.5%.
Economics
The basis of the economy of El Retin is agricultural production .
62.5% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 27.3% are service enterprises, 9.5% are industrial enterprises, 0.7% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Notes
- ↑ El Reten, 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 El Retén - Magdalena (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.