Concepción is a municipality of

Santander Santander may refer to: Places * Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain * Santander Department, a department of Colombia * Santander State, former state of Colombia * Santander de Quilichao, a m ...

, Colombia. It belongs to the García Rovira Province.

History

It was founded in 1722 by Pedro Manuel Angarita and José Manuel Cáceres Enciso. It was capital of the province of García Rovira.

Geography

It is located on flat, cleared terrain, and has temperatures around 18 °C. The municipality occupies 686 km², and is bordered by Cerrito in the north; Carcasí, Enciso and Málaga in the south; Boyacá in the east; and Saint Andrés in the west. The territory of the municipality is crossed by the Servitá and Sartanejo

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Demography

The municipality has 7,133 inhabitants, of which 2,508 live in the urban area and 4.625 in rural areas. It is one of the few municipalities of Santander that has pertaining inhabitants to the native community of the Uwas.

Economy and tourism

Concepción is the wool production capital of Colombia and has several small factories dedicated to the production wool related products. The fairs of the village focus mainly on exhibitions

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, Graziers,

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and of wool products, in addition to handmade products. The inhabitants of the village are also engage in agriculture, mainly

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wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

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, corn,

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and curuba. On December 8 the celebration in honor of the patron of the municipality, the Virgin of Inmaculada Concepción, is held. Delegations from colonies of different cities of the country return to this beautiful land, full of human heat and hospitality.

References

* Revisder Santander 21st century. Publishing Visual Colour. 2003.

External links

Official page of Concepción
Municipalities of Santander Department Populated places established in 1720 1720 establishments in the Spanish Empire {{Santander-geo-stub