San Francisco | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Antioquia Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Subregion |
Subdivision Name2: | Eastern |
Established Date: | February 16, 1986 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Note: | [1] |
Population Total: | 5318 |
Coordinates: | 5.9642°N -75.1017°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1250 |
Website: | http://www.sanfrancisco-antioquia.gov.co |
San Francisco is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. In 2015, the population comprised 5,318 people.
San Francisco was previously known as El Morrón.
It was founded in 1830 as part of the municipality of Cocorná. In February 1986 was established as a municipality with the name of San Francisco, in memory of Saint Francis of Assisi.
San Francisco has a tropical rainforest climate (Af). It has very heavy rainfall year-round.
Total Population: 5 318 people. (2015)[1]
Literacy Rate: 75.5% (2005)[2]