Puerto Colombia ( Spanish: Puerto Colombia ) is a city and municipality in the north of Colombia , in the territory of the department of Atlantico .
| City | |||
| Puerto Colombia | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| isp. Puerto colombia | |||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||
| Department | Atlantico | ||
| History and geography | |||
| Based | 1888 | ||
| Square | 93 km² | ||
| Center height | 10 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC-5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 27,107 people ( 2015 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| puertocolombia-atlantico.gov.co (isp.) | |||
History
The settlement from which the city later grew was founded December 31, 1888. The municipality of Puerto Colombia was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1905.
Geographical position
The city is located in the northern part of the department, within the Caribbean lowland , approximately 11 kilometers west of the city of Barranquilla , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 10 meters above sea level [1] . The municipality of Puerto Colombia is bordered in the east and southeast by the territory of the municipality of Barranquilla, in the southwest by the municipality of Tubara , in the north and west by the waters of the Caribbean Sea . The area of the municipality is 93 km² [2] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 27,107 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by year:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27,837 | 27,803 | 27,755 | 27 693 | 27,631 | 27,557 | 27,475 | 27,401 | 27 309 | 27,222 | 27 107 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 50.2% of the population of Puerto Colombia, women - respectively 49.8%. Racially whites and mestizos accounted for 96% of the city’s population; Indians - 3.5%; Blacks , mulattoes, and Riesale - 0.5% [4] . The literacy rate for the entire population was 94%.
Economy
53% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are service enterprises, 39.7% are trade enterprises, 6.4% are industrial enterprises, 0.9% are enterprises of other sectors of the economy [4] .
Literature
- Puerto Colombia // Rental - Conch. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1955. - P. 355. - ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 51 t.] / Ed. B.A. Vvedensky ; 1949-1958, vol. 35).
Notes
- ↑ Puerto Colombia, Colombia Page (eng.) . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer.
- ↑ Información general (isp.) . Alcaldía de Puerto Colombia - Atlántico.
- Ye Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Puerto Colombia - Atlántico (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.