Cuitiva ( Spanish: Cuítiva ) is a small town and municipality in central Colombia , within the Boyaca department. Included in the province of Sugamuksi .
| City | |||
| Kuitiva | |||
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| Spanish Cuítiva | |||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||
| The Department | Boyaca | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Based | 1550 | ||
| Square | 43 km² | ||
| Center height | 2725 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 1,906 people ( 2015 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| cuitiva-boyaca.gov.co (Spanish) | |||
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History
The settlement from which the city later grew was founded in 1550. The municipality of Kuitiva was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1801 [1] .
Geographical position
The city is located in the east of the central part of the department, in the highlands of East Cordillera , west of Lake Tota , approximately 40 kilometers east of the city of Tunja , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 2725 meters above sea level [2] .
The municipality of Kuitiva borders in the north with the territories of the municipalities of Isa and Sogamoso , in the east and southeast with the municipality of Akitania , in the south with the municipality of Tota , in the west with the municipality of Sand . The area of the municipality is 43 km² [1] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 1906 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2003 | 1995 | 1986 | 1977 | 1966 | 1955 | 1944 | 1932 | 1919 | 1906 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 49.4% of the population of Kuitiva, women - 50.6%, respectively. 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 84.6%.
Economics
The basis of Kuitiva’s economy is agriculture [1] .
68.3% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 24.4% are service enterprises, 7.3% are industrial enterprises [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Información general (Spanish) . Alcaldía de Cuítiva - Boyacá.
- ↑ Cuítiva . GeoNames.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Cuítiva - Boyacá (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.