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Cucuta

South America

Cucuta, officially San Jose de Cucuta, is a Colombian municipality, capital of the department of Norte de Santander, located in a valley near the border with Venezuela. As one of Colombia's principal border crossing points with Venezuela, Cucuta's economy has long been shaped by cross-border trade and, in recent years, by large flows of Venezuelan migrants passing through or settling in the city.

Facts
Population
777,106 1
Area (sq km)
1119 1
Founding Year
1733 1
Population Estimate Year
2018 1
Elevation (m)
320 1
Latitude
7.89417 degrees north 1
Longitude
72.50389 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 4
Sources
1. Cucuta (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    The city has a population of 777,106 inhabitants, which makes it the most populous municipality in the department and the sixth most populous municipality in the country.
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2018 census
  • Infobox, Area, Municipality
    Municipality 1,119 km2 (432 sq mi)
  • Article text
    The city's area is 110 square kilometres (42 square miles) and its elevation is 320 metres (1,050 feet) above sea level.
  • Lead section
    The city was founded as a parish on June 17, 1733, by Juana Rangel de Cuéllar, a resident of Pamplona, under the name San José de Guasimales, as part of an initiative of the white and mestizo locals to separate themselves from the "Indian Village of Cúcuta" (currently San Luis Quarter).
  • Infobox, Coordinates
    7.89417°N 72.50389°W
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2. GeoNames: Cúcuta - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevation
Quote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 298 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 7.75, -72.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 7.75, -72.75
7.75 -72.75 Cfb
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4. GeoNames: Cúcuta - GeoNames
cities500 record 3685533
Quote, cities500 record 3685533
7.90745 -72.5049 P PPLA CO 21 54001 777106 298 America/Bogota
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Wikidata: Cucuta
Wikidata Q216847, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Cucuta (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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