Astrea, Colombia

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Astrea
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Location of the municipality and town of Astrea in the Department of Cesar.
Location of the municipality and town of Astrea in the Department of Cesar.
Country Colombia
Region Caribbean
Department Cesar
Foundation 1936
Government
 - Mayor Edgar Orlando Barrios
(Radical Change)[1]
Elevation 200 m (656 ft)
Population (2005)
 - Total 17,786
  [2][3]
Website:
astrea-cesar.gov.co

Astrea is a municipality and town of the Department of Cesar in northern Colombia.[4]

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[edit] Geography

The municipality of Astrea limits to the north with the municipality of El Paso and northewest with the Department of Magdalena; to the south with the municipality of Chiriguana. It has an extension of 580 km². The average temperature through out the year is of 30 °C.

The region is part of the geological Zambrano formation, formed in the Neogene presenting a gray-greenish clay.[5]

[edit] History

Founded by a farmer named Martín Mier Barbosa in 1936 when a group of farmers from the Department of Magdalena arrived seeking better pastures.[6]

After the creation of the Department of Cesar in 1964 Astrea became a corregimiento of the municipality of Chimichagua. On November 26, 1984 Astrea segregated from Chimichagua and became a municipality of the Department of Cesar by Ordinance 013 of 1984.[7][8]

[edit] Politics

[edit] Administrative divisions

Corregimientos
  • Arjona
  • San Pedro
  • Santa Cecilia
  • El Vallito

[edit] Economy

Ranching and agriculture are the main economic activity in the region having the town of Astrea as the main urban center of the municipality. Agricultural products are commercialized in the town such as; yuca, sesame, corn and common bean among others.[9]

[edit] Culture

Astrea celebrates the Día de San Antonio de Pádua (Saint Anthony of Pádua) Day in the corregimiento of Arjona, every year on June 16. Astrea also celebrates a traditional feast honoring the Día de San Martín (St. Martin's Day) every November 11.[10]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Spanish) Interpolitico.com: Mayors of Cesar - 2008-2011
  2. ^ Colombiassh.org: Census 2005: Astrea
  3. ^ (Spanish) DANE 2005 Census: Astrea
  4. ^ (Spanish) Government of Cesar: Astrea
  5. ^ (Spanish) Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute: Geological Map of Cesar
  6. ^ (Spanish) Government of Cesar: Astrea
  7. ^ (Spanish) Government of Cesar: Astrea
  8. ^ (Spanish) Cesar 30 Años de Progreso - Gobernación del Cesar (1997). -Page 21-]
  9. ^ (Spanish) Government of Cesar: Astrea
  10. ^ (Spanish) Government of Cesar: Astrea

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 9°30′N, 73°59′W

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