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]
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: