Herico ( Spanish. Jericó ) is a small town and municipality in the east of the central part of Colombia , in the territory of the Boyacá department. Included in the province of Valderrama .
| City | |||
| Heriko | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| isp. Jericó | |||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||
| Department | Boyaca | ||
| History and geography | |||
| Based | 1780 | ||
| Square | 179 km² | ||
| Center height | 3075 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC-5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 4010 people ( 2015 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| jerico-boyaca.gov.co (isp.) | |||
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History
The settlement from which the city later grew was founded in 1780. The municipality of Heriko was separated into a separate administrative unit in 1821 [1] .
Geographical position
The city is located in the eastern part of the department, in the highlands of the Eastern Cordillera , east of the Chicamocha River, approximately 105 kilometers northeast of the city of Tunja , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 3075 meters above sea level [2] .
The municipality of Heriko is bordered in the north by the territory of the municipality of La Uvita , in the north-west by the municipality of Susacon , in the west by the municipality of Sativante , in the south by the municipality of Sokot , in the east by the municipality of Chita . The area of the municipality is 179 km ² [1] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 4,010 [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by year:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4716 | 4652 | 4572 | 4504 | 4440 | 4369 | 4293 | 4223 | 4162 | 4091 | 4010 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 51.7% of the population of Heriko, women - respectively 48.3%. Racially whites and mestizos accounted for 65.9% of the city’s population; Blacks , mulattoes, and Riesaly - 34.1% [4] . The literacy rate of the entire population was 83.8%.
Economy
Heriko's economy is based on agriculture [1] .
85.7% of the total number of city and municipal enterprises are enterprises of the trade sector, 9.8% are enterprises of the service sector, 4.5% are industrial enterprises [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Información general (Spanish) . Alcaldía de Jericó - Boyacá.
- ↑ Jericó (Eng.) . GeoNames.
- Ye Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Jericó - Boyacá (isp.) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.