Santa Catalina ( Spanish: Santa Catalina ) is a city and municipality in northern Colombia , within the Bolivar Department.
| City | |||
| Santa Catalina | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Santa catalina | |||
| |||
| A country |  Colombia | ||
| The Department | Bolivar | ||
| History and geography | |||
| Founded | 1744 | ||
| Area | 153 km² | ||
| The height of the center | 46 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 13 169 people ( 2015 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| santacatalina-bolivar.gov.co (Spanish) | |||
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Geographical location
- 3 population
- 4 Economics
- 5 Transport
- 6 notes
History
The settlement, from which the city later grew, was founded on July 2, 1744 [1] .
Geographical position
The city is located in the northern part of the department, within the Caribbean lowland , at a distance of approximately 27 kilometers northeast of the city of Cartagena , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 46 meters above sea level [2] . The municipality of Santa Catalina borders in the south with the territories of the municipalities of Clemensia and Villanueva , in the west with the municipality of Cartagena, in the east with the territory of the Atlantic department, in the north it is washed by the waters of the Caribbean Sea . The area of the municipality is 153 km² [1] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 13 169 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 058 | 12 124 | 12,227 | 12 332 | 12,438 | 12 546 | 12 667 | 12,790 | 12 929 | 13 041 | 13 169 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 51.2% of the population of Santa Catalina, women - 48.8%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos made up 86.6% of the city's population; Negroes , mulattoes and Raisals - 13.4% [4] . The literacy rate among the entire population was 86.6%.
Economics
The economy of Santa Catalina is based on agriculture , fisheries, aquaculture , tourism and mining [1] .
49.6% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 45.2% are service enterprises, 4.8% are industrial enterprises, 0.4% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Transport
National Highway 90 passes through the city ( Spanish: Ruta Nacional 90 ).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Información general (Spanish) (inaccessible link - history ) . Alcaldía de Santa Catalina - Bolívar.
- ↑ Catalina.html Santa_Catalina, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Santa Catalina - Bolívar (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.