Alejandría
Encyclopedia
Alejandría is a municipality
in the Antioquia Department
, Colombia
.Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia
.Bordered to the north with the municipalities of Concepción
, Santo Domingo
and San Roque
, on the east by the municipality of San Rafael
, on the south by the municipalities of San Rafael
and Guatapé
, and on the west by the municipalities of El Penol and Concepción
.Its capital is 90 kilometers from the city of Medellin, the capital of Antioquia department. The municipality has an area of 149 km ².
s of Tahamíes, mainly, but also for nations Caribbean
of which we know came to this area and the surrounding by the river
'Nare.
Alejandria,Antioquia,was founded by Don Alejandro Osorio, Mrs. Procesa Delgado, Don Salvador Cordoba and Mr. Climaco Jaramilloin 1886. Already in 1889 were erected the village to the township of the municipality category of Guatapé
by agreement of February 20 that year.
Contrary to what happened with almost all the towns of Antioquia, which were created by orders from departmental entities, this population of Alejandria was created by presidential decree from Bogota
, the pa capital [is, given the political conditions of the time. The president of Colombia, General Rafael Reyes
, was done with the departmental assemblies and the inhabitants of Alejandria then sent his application to become a district to the capital.
PresidentReyes agreed to the requests, and by decree 304 of March 1907, created the town of Alejandria.
Literacy: 99.4% (2005)
of the census 2005, composition ethnographic the municipality is:
Historical and artistic heritage
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Antioquia Department
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
.Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia
Eastern Antioquia
Eastern Antioquia is subregion of the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The region is conformed by 23 municipalities.-Geography:...
.Bordered to the north with the municipalities of Concepción
Concepción
Concepción is the name of several towns and cities. The largest of these is Concepción, Chile, the conurbation of which is home to over one million people...
, Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...
and San Roque
San Roque
San Roque may refer to:Places* San Roque, Antioquia, a place in Colombia* San Roque, Cádiz, a place in Spain* San Roque, California, a residential neighborhood in Santa Barbara, California in the United States...
, on the east by the municipality of San Rafael
San Rafael
San Rafael is a common place-name in areas where that tongue is or was spoken:-Towns, cities, municipalities, etc.:*Argentina**San Rafael, Mendoza**San Rafael Department*Bolivia...
, on the south by the municipalities of San Rafael
San Rafael
San Rafael is a common place-name in areas where that tongue is or was spoken:-Towns, cities, municipalities, etc.:*Argentina**San Rafael, Mendoza**San Rafael Department*Bolivia...
and Guatapé
Guatape
Guatapé is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. Guatapé is located in the outskirts of Medellín, bordering a reservoir created by the Colombian government for a hydro-electric dam, built in the late 1960s. This quaint town is the...
, and on the west by the municipalities of El Penol and Concepción
Concepción
Concepción is the name of several towns and cities. The largest of these is Concepción, Chile, the conurbation of which is home to over one million people...
.Its capital is 90 kilometers from the city of Medellin, the capital of Antioquia department. The municipality has an area of 149 km ².
History
As the entire region of eastern Antioquia, were originally populated this land before the arrival of the Iberians, by ethnicity indigenousIndigenous
Indigenous means: belonging to a certain place.Indigenous may refer to:In Ecology and Geography*Indigenous resources, resources which exist within local geography, that are not imported...
s of Tahamíes, mainly, but also for nations Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
of which we know came to this area and the surrounding by the river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
'Nare.
Alejandria,Antioquia,was founded by Don Alejandro Osorio, Mrs. Procesa Delgado, Don Salvador Cordoba and Mr. Climaco Jaramilloin 1886. Already in 1889 were erected the village to the township of the municipality category of Guatapé
Guatape
Guatapé is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. Guatapé is located in the outskirts of Medellín, bordering a reservoir created by the Colombian government for a hydro-electric dam, built in the late 1960s. This quaint town is the...
by agreement of February 20 that year.
Contrary to what happened with almost all the towns of Antioquia, which were created by orders from departmental entities, this population of Alejandria was created by presidential decree from Bogota
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, the pa capital [is, given the political conditions of the time. The president of Colombia, General Rafael Reyes
Rafael Reyes
Rafael Reyes Prieto was Chief of Staff of the Colombian National Army and President of Colombia .- Biographic data :...
, was done with the departmental assemblies and the inhabitants of Alejandria then sent his application to become a district to the capital.
PresidentReyes agreed to the requests, and by decree 304 of March 1907, created the town of Alejandria.
Generalities
- Foundation: 1886
- Erection in Municipality: Decree 304 of 1907
- Founders:Alejandro Osorio, Procesa Delgado, Salvador Cordova and Climaco Jaramillo
- Appeals: The Pearl of Nare.
- Height above sea level: 1650.
- Temperature: 20 ° C.
- Inhabitants: Alejandrinos, (Alexandrine)
Sidewalks, Veredas(spanish)
Alejandria is divided into 15 sidewalks:- Cruces
- El Carbón
- El Cerro
- El Popo
- El Respaldo
- La Inmaculada
- La Pava
- Piedras
- Remolino
- San José
- San Lorenzo
- San Miguel
- San Pedro
- Tocaima
- San Antonio
Neighborhood of Alejandría (Urban Zone)
- Centenario
- Mirador del Nare
- Nudillales
- Quintas
- La Bomba
- Concepcion
- Cordoba
- San Pedro
- Bolivar
- Santader
- La cruz
- Villanueva
- Miraflores
Demographics
Population Total: 4.688 inhabitants. (2009)- Urban population: 2.592
- Rural population: 2.096
Literacy: 99.4% (2005)
- Urban Zone: 99.6%
- Rural Zone: 99.0%
Ethnography
According to figures submitted by the DANEDane
- General :* Someone from the Kingdom of Denmark, or of Danish descent** Dane, a Danish national, resident or citizen ** Dane, one of the Danish people** Dane, a member of the Danes...
of the census 2005, composition ethnographic the municipality is:
- MétisMétisA Métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences, regarded as racial, or the descendant of such persons. The term is of French origin, and also is a cognate of mestizo in Spanish, mestiço in Portuguese, and mestee in English...
& WhiteWhiteWhite is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
(99.7%) - AfroAfroAfro, sometimes shortened to fro and also known as a "natural", is a hairstyle worn naturally by people with lengthy kinky hair texture or specifically styled in such a fashion by individuals with naturally curly or straight hair...
(0.3%)
Roads
It has multiple access roads from Medellin city to the municipality of Alejandria:- Route Medellin - Guarne - Marinilla - Penol - Guatape - Alejandria, with uncovered stretch of road about 20 km from Guatape.
- Route Medellin - Guarne - Marinilla - Penol - Guatape Alejandria-San Rafael: uncovered section of track with about 25 km from San Rafael.
- Route Medellin - Barbosa - Concepcion - Alejandria, with uncovered stretch of road about 42 km from Barbosa.
- Route Medellin - Barbosa - Molino Viejo - Santo Domingo - Alejandria uncovered section of track with about 25 km from Santo Domingo.
- Route Medellin - Guarne - San Vicente - Concepcion - Alejandria unpaved stretch of road with about 40 kmKMKM, Km, or km may stand for:*Kilometre *Kernel methods*Kettle Moraine High School*Khmer language *Kuomintang , a centre-right political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan...
from San Vicente.
Economy
- AgricultureAgricultureAgriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
coffeeCoffeeCoffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
, cane, fiqueFiqueFique is a natural fibre that grows in the leaves of the fique plant, Furcraea andina, a xerophytic monocot native to Andean regions of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. From here it was extended to Venezuela and the east coast of Brazil. Common names: Fique, Cabuya, Pita, Penca, Maguey, Cabui,...
beans - LivestockLivestockLivestock refers to one or more domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce commodities such as food, fiber and labor. The term "livestock" as used in this article does not include poultry or farmed fish; however the inclusion of these, especially poultry, within the meaning...
of upMeatMeat is animal flesh that is used as food. Most often, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat and other tissues, but it may also describe other edible tissues such as organs and offal...
and MilkMilkMilk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many... - MiningMiningMining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
: goldGoldGold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
, silverSilverSilver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal... - IndustryIndustryIndustry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...
Clothing - TourismTourismTourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
fishing, hiking, horseback riding, river ridesHikingHiking is an outdoor activity which consists of walking in natural environments, often in mountainous or other scenic terrain. People often hike on hiking trails. It is such a popular activity that there are numerous hiking organizations worldwide. The health benefits of different types of hiking... - Production of hydroelectricHydroelectricityHydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...
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Events
- Celebrations of sympathy. First week of January. They are the traditional celebrations of the municipality, and exposes them the joy of the Alexandrians.
- Easter. We live the religious festival of Catholicism, and the municipality are carried out plays, and religious processions.
- Departmental abut Bands. Each year in March, takes place in the municipality, a musical encounter with different bands of the department.
- May 1. Sports activities are held
- Corpus Christi. With religious shrines through the streets of the town is celebrating this religious festival.
- celebrations of the Virgen del Carmen, July 16. This religious festival is celebrated with parades and pageants.
- Feast of the Antioquenidad, on August 11. Artistic representations are made about the culture paisa.
- Theatre Festival, Month of August
- Patron Saint Peter of Alejandria, November 22. It parades and other religious activities.
- Holidays. Christmas novenas are performed, musical concerts, and other activities.
Sites of interest
Natural heritage- ReservoirReservoirA reservoir , artificial lake or dam is used to store water.Reservoirs may be created in river valleys by the construction of a dam or may be built by excavation in the ground or by conventional construction techniques such as brickwork or cast concrete.The term reservoir may also be used to...
s of San Lorenzo and El Penol-Guatape - RiverRiverA river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
Nare, with many attractions such as Natural pools, meadows, and fishing sabaleta - cataractCataractA cataract is a clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its envelope, varying in degree from slight to complete opacity and obstructing the passage of light...
Bridal Veil and springs, located 5 kmKMKM, Km, or km may stand for:*Kilometre *Kernel methods*Kettle Moraine High School*Khmer language *Kuomintang , a centre-right political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan...
of the head on the sidewalk Swirl - cataractCataractA cataract is a clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its envelope, varying in degree from slight to complete opacity and obstructing the passage of light...
Sabina, located 3 miles from the trail head in the Whirlwind, imposing waterfall of 60 m high - RiverRiverA river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...
Nudillales, with sites for the enjoyment of fishing and bathing - Nudillales Spa, located in the Centenario neighborhood, has natural pools, and areas suitable for camping trips and pot.
- Height Combo
- Nature Reserve San Lorenzo
- River Piedras
- IslandIslandAn island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
of Los Monsalve - LakeLakeA lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
the Perucho
Historical and artistic heritage
- BridgeBridgeA bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
Nudillales located 0.5 kmKMKM, Km, or km may stand for:*Kilometre *Kernel methods*Kettle Moraine High School*Khmer language *Kuomintang , a centre-right political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan...
in the header. The appeal of this site are the pools for swimming - BridgeBridgeA bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
of Purgatory, located 12 kilometers from the head on the sidewalk Swirl. The attraction of this site is the bridge for its antiquity and former obligatory step of communication with the northeast and gold transport - Church of St. Peter of Alejandria. In 1884 he created the first chapel
- Former home of Alejandro Osorio, founder of the municipality.
- BridgeBridgeA bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
of Sirpe - LibraryLibraryIn a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
Municipal Alejandro Osorio, where there is a photographic record of the history of the town. - MuseumMuseumA museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
school of music. - ParkParkA park is a protected area, in its natural or semi-natural state, or planted, and set aside for human recreation and enjoyment, or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. It may consist of rocks, soil, water, flora and fauna and grass areas. Many parks are legally protected by...
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