El Carmen de Bolívar

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El Carmen de Bolívar

Total population

79,131

Coordinates9.72°, -75.12°

Demographic figures from DANE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

El Carmen de Bolívar is a municipality in the department of Bolívar, Colombia, 114 km southeast of Cartagena de Indias. It is located in the orographic system of the Montes de María, being the largest population, as well as the one that concentrates the economic and commercial movement of the subregion. It is the third most populated municipality in the department and an important agricultural center, considered "the agricultural and food pantry of the department of Bolívar" for being a great supplier to the entire department of products, especially avocado, tobacco, cocoa, banana, yam and sesame. This is how it is known as the Sweet City of Colombia since a part of its economy is based on food processing such as Chepacorinas Cookies, Coco Casadilla, Panochas, among others.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.