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
The Montes de María is an isolated group of small mountains near the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Region. The Montes de María (also known as Serranía de San Jacinto) are the last part of the Serranía de San Jerónimo which exte ...
, 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.
As for transport infrastructure, its geographically privileged position makes it conducive to the construction of a dry port. Since it connects the Colombian Caribbean with the Santanderes through the Ruta del Sol, it is also a key point of connection of the west of the country to the large ports of Barranquilla and Cartagena by the Troncal de Occidente; and through the Transversal Montes de María communicates this important national road artery with the Gulf of Morrosquillo.
During the time of Independence, the municipality distinguished itself by the support of its inhabitants to the liberating cause led by Colonel Manuel Cortés Campomanes, which earned her the time to be erected in a village in 1812. In the second half of the nineteenth century it acquired strategic and economic importance at the start of trade in agricultural producers such as tobacco and coffee through the Port of
Jesus del Río, on the Magdalena River towards
Barranquilla, which allowed it to become one of the main export centers of the country until the first half of the twentieth century.
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History
This area was initially inhabited by the
Native American tribes of
Malibúes,
Farotos and
Piletas, and was later conquered and colonized by the
Spanish
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naming it ''sitio de Nuestra Señora del Carmen'' or "Our Lady of El Carmen site" in 1776 by a Spanish officer named
Antonio de La Torre y Miranda, under the orders of Juan de Torrezal Díaz de Pimienta, Governor of
Cartagena of Indies.
Geography
The municipality of El Carmen de Bolivar is located south of the municipality of
San Jacinto, north of the municipality of
Ovejas,
Sucre, west of the municipalities of
Zambrano and
Córdoba, and east of the municipality of
San Onofre, Sucre
San Onofre is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia.
References
Gobernacion de Sucre - San OnofreSan Onofre official website
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, covering a total area of 954 km
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References
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El Carmen de Bolivar official website* http://whynationsfail.com/blog/2012/3/26/whos-afraid-of-development-the-colombian-version.html
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Municipalities of Bolívar Department