Bosconia is a town and municipality in the
Colombia
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n
Department
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Government and military
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of
Cesar.
Geography
The municipality of Bosconia is located in the northwestern part of the Cesar Department. Borders to the north with the municipality of
El Copey, to the east with the municipality of
Valledupar
Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Caesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. T ...
, to the south with the municipality of
El Paso
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...
and to the west with the
Magdalena Department separated only by the
Ariguaní River which is also a natural border and covering a total area of 609 km
2. The town of Bosconia is located in the central part of the municipality.
Climate
Average year temperature ranges 31 °C and has two rainy seasons intercalated with two dry seasons.
History
The town of Bosconia was founded on August 20, 1958, by Enrique Arón Ayén and Agustin Mackenzie in honor of
Catholic church
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priest
Saint John Bosco. The village became a train station stop for the farmers in the area. In 1979 Bosconia formally becomes a municipality of the Cesar Department. with the construction of paved highways the town of Bosconia became an intersection of two major transited Colombian highways that connect the northern Colombian departments of
La Guajira
La Guajira () is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela, at the northernmost tip of South America. The capital city of the departm ...
and Cesar with the rest of Colombia and the other one that connects the northeast and the rest of Colombia with the road to the
Caribbean sea
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to
Santa Marta
Santa Marta (), officially Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta ("Touristic, Cultural and Historic District of Santa Marta"), is a city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena ...
and
Barranquilla
Barranquilla () is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region; as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Col ...
. These two highways intersect in downtown Bosconia and is nowadays known as "Bosconia's T".
Politics
Administrative divisions
The municipality of Bosconia contains the urban area of the town of Bosconia and other small urban centers
Corregimientos
# Loma Colorada
Veredas
# El Edén
# La Fortuna
# Loma Linda
# Puerto Lajas
# Altos de Minas
# Boca de Tigre
# Tropezón
# Nueva Idea
# El Prado
References
External links
Bosconia official website
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Municipalities of Cesar Department
Populated places established in 1958
1958 establishments in Colombia