San José de Suaita

San José de Suaita is a former industrial village (mill town) located about 200 km north of Bogotá in the Department of Santander, Colombia. It became a corregimiento in 1924, by decision of the local council.

Population

There are 1,212 residents (323 urban, and 989 rural). There are 280 households, of which 40.2% have children under 18, 59.8% are single-person, and 9.2% include a person over the age of 65. The average family size is 4.35. San José de Suaita is transforming from an industrial town to an agricultural one. There are very few jobs remaining, and many people are leaving for larger cities.

History

San José de Suaita was a plot of land given to the bourgeois Caballero family, a political family which claimed several properties in the area, including Silvania and Tipacoque. The other properties had been owned by the Caballeros since colonial times, while San José de Suaita was granted to them more recently. Alfonso López Michelsen, former president of Colombia, detailed some of the history of the town in his book Pending Words.^[1]

Wildlife and fauna

San José de Suaita has a private wildlife sanctuary containing 1,000 acres (4.0 km²) of hardwoods including oak.

References

↑ Lopez Michelsen, Alfonso;Santos Calderon, Enrique Palabras Pendientes: Conversaciones Con Enrique Santos Calderon, Ancora Editores, 2001. ISBN 958-36-0073-3

Municipalities in Santander Department

Aguada Albania Aratoca Barbosa Barichara Barrancabermeja Betulia Bolívar Bucaramanga Cabrera California Capitanejo Carcasí Cepitá Cerrito Charalá Charta Chima Chipatá Cimitarra Concepción Confines Contratación Coromoro Curití El Carmen El Guacamayo El Peñón El Playón Encino Enciso Florián Floridablanca Galán Gámbita Girón Guaca Guadalupe Guapotá Guavata Güepsa Hato Jesus María Jordán La Belleza Landazuri La Paz Lebrija Los Santos Macaravita Málaga Matanza Mogotes Molagavita Ocamonte Oiba Onzaga Palmar Palmas Socorro Páramo Piedecuesta Pinchote Puente Nacional Puerto Parra Puerto Wilches Rionegro Sabana de Torres San Andrés San Benito San Gil San Joaquín San José de Suaita San José de Miranda San Miguel San Vicente de Chucurí Santa Bárbara Santa Helena del Opón Simacota Socorro Sucre Surata Tona Valle de San José Vélez Vetas Villanueva Zapatoca

External links

Flag and coat-of-arms at Flags of the World website
Local Council, archived 28 August 2004
San José de Suaita (Spanish Wikipedia)

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