Buriticá Explained

Buriticá
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Colombia
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Colombia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Colombia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1: Antioquia Department
Subdivision Type2:Subregion
Subdivision Name2:Western
Coordinates:6.75°N -75.9167°W
Timezone:Colombia Standard Time
Utc Offset:-5
Website:http://www.buritica-antioquia.gov.co/

Buriticá is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia.[1]

Demography

An 1852 watercolor by Henry Price depicts an Indian man and woman from Buriticá wearing blue and white clothing. It bears the notation, "Colonel Codazzi believes that this (pure) ethnic group is almost extinct."[2]

According to the 2005 census data from the National Administrative Department of Statistics, the town's ethnic composition is:

References

6.75°N -130°W

Notes and References

  1. http://planeacion.gobant.gov.co/antioquia/mapas_veredales/buritica.jpg Mapa de la Gobernación de Antioquia del municipio de Buriticá, sus corregimientos y veredas
  2. Web site: Price. henry. Henry Price (painter). Buriticá Indian Male and Female, Province of Antioquia. World Digital Library. 7 May 2014.
  3. http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/poblacion/proyepobla06_20/ProyeccionMunicipios2005_2009.xls Proyecciones de Población Municipales por área