Official Name: | Magangué |
Settlement Type: | City |
Nickname: | City of the Rivers, Cosmopolitan City |
Motto: | "Wealth And Prosperity" / "Riqueza y Prosperidad" |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Label: | Magangué |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Name1: | Bolívar Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Caribbean |
Government Type: | Mayor and Secretary-General |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Carlos Emil Cabrales Isaac |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | April 10, 1610 |
Established Title2: | Erection |
Established Date2: | February 13, 1813 |
Area Total Km2: | 1,568 |
Area Land Km2: | 1,043 |
Area Water Km2: | 525 |
Area Water Percent: | 33.48 |
Population As Of: | 2019 est.[1] |
Population Total: | 123982 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank2 Title: | Demonym |
Population Blank2: | Magangueleño(a) or Magueño(a) |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 9.25°N -120°W |
Elevation M: | 49 |
Magangué is a municipality of Colombia in the Department of Bolivar. The town is located in the Magdalena River; 20 km north of the mouth of the Cauca River, the Magdalena River. According to projections, the city has a population of over 198,000 inhabitants, becoming the twenty-seventh largest city in Colombia, with about 800,000 inhabitants in the Association Sabana Metropolitan, making it the eighth largest metropolitan area in Colombia. It is the second largest city of the Department, and the ninth largest of the Caribbean Region. Magangué was home to the country's largest port, now badly damaged by the problems of political corruption. It has been shown that the city has great national potential, due to its strategic location.
Studies and research are still in their infancy, there are only approaches and assumptions based on interpretations of the records left by some writers and settlers who came from Spain. Most of them assert that original population were indigenous belonging to the family Chimilas Carib language that inhabited the extensive river and lake region of Bolivar, Sucre, Magdalena and Cesar departments. The highest regional authority was the Chimilas Mompox and her chiefdoms: Maguey, Yati, or Simacoa Tacaloa, etc. Guazo. Indigenous had an average height of 1.65 meters, were more or less heavyset, had black hair, short legs, dark skin and short prominent nose. Despite speaking a language related to that of the Carib people, who were warlike and resisted the Spaniards, the Maguey were peaceful and docile. They mainly engaged in the farming of cassava and corn and were also experts in fishing and hunting. Both men and women engaged in these tasks.
The urban area is divided into an average of 50 to 70 neighborhoods, including:
The rural area is organized in 43 districts.
The major townships are: