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.
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Vinony's link graph records 53 inbound references to Convención, and connects out to Norte de Santander Department, Colombia and time zone.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities of the Norte de Santander Department.
Vinony links it to 23 Wikipedia language editions.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Norte de Santander Department
- Population
- 18112
- Elevation
- 1496
- Official website
- www.convencion-nortedesantander.gov.co
- Image
- Panorámica de Convención.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Climate
- References
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Convención” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations