El Guamo ( Spanish: El Guamo ) is a city and municipality in northern Colombia , within the Bolivar Department.
| City | |||
| El guamo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish El guamo | |||
| |||
| A country |  Colombia | ||
| The Department | Bolivar | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Founded | 1750 | ||
| Area | 390 km² | ||
| Center height | 105 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 7757 people ( 2015 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| elguamo-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 1750 [1] . The municipality of El Guamo was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1838.
Geographical position
The city is located in the northeastern part of the department, at the foot of the northeast slope of the Maria Mountain Range, west of the Magdalena River , approximately 65 kilometers southeast of the city of Cartagena , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 105 meters above sea level [2] .
The municipality of El Guamo borders in the north with the territory of the municipality of Kalamar , in the south and west with the municipality of San Juan Nepomuseno , in the east with the territory of the department of Magdalena . The area of the municipality is 390 km² [1] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 7,757 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7826 | 7801 | 7787 | 7770 | 7765 | 7758 | 7764 | 7751 | 7768 | 7763 | 7757 |
According to the 2005 census, men accounted for 54.2% of the population of El Guamo, women - respectively, 45.8%. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 99.9% of the city's population; Negroes , mulattoes and Raysals - 0.1% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 73%.
Economics
The basis of the economy of El Guamo is agriculture and fishing [1] .
75.5% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 22.3% are industrial enterprises, 2.1% are service enterprises, 0.1% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Información general (Spanish) (inaccessible link - history ) . Alcaldía de El Guamo - Bolívar.
- ↑ El Guamo, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil El Guamo - Bolívar (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.