Ricaurte, Cundinamarca
Ricaurte is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. A law issued on 14 November 1857 created the Peñalisa District and December of the same year the name was changed to Ricaurte; in 1937 it was annexed to the Girardot municipality but it recovered its condition of municipality in 1968.
Ricaurte | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia | |
  Ricaurte Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°16′45″N 74°46′22″W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Cundinamarca |
| Elevation | 284 m (932 ft) |
| Population (Census 2018[1]) | |
| • Total | 10,788 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Other Facts
- Market Day: Thursday and Sunday
- Distance from Bogotá: 142 km
- Foundation: 1813 like Peñalisa
- Created: Departamental Decree No. 409 of 11 March 1968
- Median temperature: 27 °C
- Demonym:
- Dane Code:
- Home to the world's largest known cluster of people with fragile X syndrome.[2]
Veredas
The Municipality of Ricaurte have 16 Veredas, 17 within the Urban Zone. The Veredas are:
- Callejón, Casablanca, Cumaca, El Paso, El Portal, La Carrera, La Tetilla, La Virginia, Las Veras, Llano del Pozo, Limoncito, Manuel Norte, Manuel Sur, Pto Peñalisa, San Francisco, San Martin and Zona Urbana
References
- "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- "Why is a remote Colombian town a hot spot of an inherited intellectual disability?". Science Magazine. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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