Paya ( Spanish: Paya ) is a small town and municipality in central Colombia , within the Boyaca Department . It is part of the province of La Libertad .
| City | |||
| Share | |||
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| Spanish Paya | |||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||
| The Department | Boyaca | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Based | 1600 | ||
| Square | 435.5 km² | ||
| Center height | 984 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 2550 people ( 2015 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| paya-boyaca.gov.co (Spanish) | |||
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History
The settlement, from which the city later grew, was founded in 1600 [1] .
Geographical position
The city is located in the eastern part of the department, in the highlands of Eastern Cordillera , on the left bank of the Paero River, approximately 100 kilometers east-northeast (ENE), from the city of Tunja , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 984 meters above sea level [2] .
The municipality of Pai borders in the north and northwest with the territory of the municipality of Pisba , in the southwest with the municipality of Labransagrande , in the south and east with the territory of the department of Casanare . The area of the municipality is 435.5 km² [1] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 2550 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2648 | 2641 | 2633 | 2625 | 2616 | 2607 | 2597 | 2586 | 2575 | 2563 | 2550 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 53.2% of the share of the Unit, women - 46.8%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 98.8% of the city's population; Indians - 0.8%; Negroes , mulattoes and Raysals - 0.4% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 77.1%.
Economics
The basis of the economy of Units is agriculture and logging [1] .
77.3% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 13.6% are service enterprises, 9.1% are industrial enterprises [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Información general (Spanish) . Alcaldía de Paya - Boyacá.
- ↑ Paya . GeoNames.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Paya - Boyacá (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.