Convención
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Convención is a Colombian municipality located in the department of North Santander. It is considered the largest producer of panela in the department. Account, according to figures estimated by the DANE, with a population of 16,605. It is located at 1,076 meters above sea level and has a temperate climate.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Convención
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.imagesize
- 100
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Convención (Norte de Santander).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo_de_Convención_(Norte_de_Santander).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Norte de Santander - Convención.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Convención in the Norte de Santander Department of Colombia.
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Norte de Santander Department
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 907
- Settlement.population_as_of
- Census 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 18112
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- Colombia Standard Time
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 18112
- Elevation
- 1496
- Official website
- www.convencion-nortedesantander.gov.co
- Image
- Panorámica de Convención.jpg
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Convención is a Colombian municipality located in the department of North Santander. It is considered the largest producer of panela in the department. Account, according to figures estimated by the DANE, with a population of 16,605. It is located at 1,076 meters above sea level and has a temperate climate.
==History== The first conqueror to set foot in these territories was the German Ambrosio Alfinger in 1530, who perished in combat with the aborigines. Later, Spaniards Pedro de Ursua and Ortón Velázquez founded many settlements in what is now Norte de Santander.
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