Tarazá Explained

Tarazá
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Map:Colombia
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Colombia
Coordinates:7.5881°N -75.4028°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Colombia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1: Antioquia Department
Subdivision Type2:Subregion
Subdivision Name2:Bajo Cauca
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1953
Established Title1:Split from Cáceres
Established Date1:1979
Area Total Km2:1569
Elevation M:125
Population Total:48926
Population As Of:2020 est.[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Colombia Standard Time
Utc Offset:-5

Taraza is a town and municipality in the Bajo Cauca subregion of Antioquia Department, Colombia. It lies from the city of Medellín, the departmental capital, and has a land area of . The municipality was separated from the municipality of Cáceres in 1979.

In April 2008, 24 people were arrested, 40 were injured and at least one was killed in farmers' protests here, instigated by FARC, against the eradication of the coca crop in the area. In the aftermath of this, the municipality declared a humanitarian crisis.[2] [3]

Climate

Tarazá has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005 . 12 April 2020.
  2. http://colombiareports.com/2008/04/24/farmers-protest-leaves-40-injured-in-taraza/ Farmers’ protest leaves 40 injured in Taraza
  3. http://colombiareports.com/2008/04/25/humanitarian-crisis-in-taraza/ Humanitarian crisis in Taraza; 25 March 2008