San Pablo ( Spanish: San Pablo ) is a city and municipality in northern Colombia , within the Bolivar Department.
| City | |||||
| San pablo | |||||
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| Spanish San pablo | |||||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||||
| The Department | Bolivar | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Founded | 1543 | ||||
| Area | 1977 km² | ||||
| Center height | 23 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 33,291 people ( 2015 ) | ||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
| sanpablo-bolivar.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 1543 . The municipality of San Pablo was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1968 .
Geographical position
The city is located in the southern part of the department, on the left bank of the Magdalena River , at a distance of approximately 362 kilometers southeast (SSE) from the city of Cartagena , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 23 meters above sea level [1] .
The municipality of San Pablo borders in the north with the territory of the municipality of Simiti , in the northwest with the municipality of Santa Rosa del Sur , in the southeast with the municipality of Cantagal , in the west and southwest with the territory of the Antioquia department, in the east - with the territory of the department of Santander . The area of the municipality is 1977 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 33,291 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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| 27 010 | 27,511 | 28,085 | 28,668 | 29,280 | 29 893 | 30,535 | 31 197 | 31,876 | 32 569 | 33,291 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 52.1% of the population of San Pablo, women - 47.9%, respectively. In racial terms, blacks , mulattoes and Raisals made up 73.7% of the population of the city; whites and mestizos - 26.3% [4] . The literacy rate among the entire population was 78.5%.
Economics
The basis of the economy of San Pablo is plant growing , animal husbandry and mining.
63.9% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 26.7% are service enterprises, 8.6% are industrial enterprises, 0.8% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Notes
- ↑ San Pablo, 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 Pablo - Bolívar (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.