Puerto Boyacá, Boyacá, Colombia | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Boyacá Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Boyacá Special Handling Zone |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jicly Esgardo Mutis Isaza |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | December 14, 1957 |
Area Total Km2: | 1514 |
Area Urban Km2: | 4.08 |
Population As Of: | 2018 census |
Population Total: | 46736 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 32979 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Puertoboyacense |
Coordinates: | 5.9781°N -74.5897°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 145 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 152201-19 |
Area Code: | 57 + 8 |
Website: | Official website |
Puerto Boyacá is a Colombian river-port town and municipality by the Magdalena River in the Boyacá Department, where is also considered a Special Trade Zone due to its port status. Its main industries are oil exploration and processing. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Puerto Boyacá was affected intensively by the Colombian Armed Conflict.