| Cereté | |
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| Country |  Colombia |
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| Department | Cordoba |
| Established | 1740 |
| Government | |
| - Type | Municipality |
| - Mayor | Milad Barguil Flórez |
| Area | |
| - Total | 352 km² (135. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by thirty-two departments ( Spanish: departamentos, sing The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Website: www.pasto.gov.cowww.cordoba.gov.co/cordoba/cerete | |
Cereté is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America.
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Name origin
Cereté comes from the two word indigenous words meaning Chere (fish) and te (shelter).
History
Cereté is one of the oldest administrative divisions in the Sinú Region, founded in 1721 by Spanish Francisco Velásquez and Cristóbal Jiménez de León. In 1731 the curate of Cereté-Mocarí was given to jesuits who were in the process of evangelizing local indigenous peoples. From the Latin curatus (compare Curator) a curate is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'' ''of souls'' of a The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Evangelism is the Christian practice of proselytisation. The intention of most evangelism is to effect Eternal salvation to those who do not follow the The Indigenous peoples in Colombia ( pueblos indígenas in Spanish) comprise a large number of distinct Ethnic The settlement of Cereté was not officially established until 1740 when Juan de Torrezal Díaz Pimienta reorganized the settlement into a village. Juan de Torrezar Díaz Pimienta (sometimes Juan de Torrezal Díaz Pimienta) (d
Geography and climate
The municipality of Cereté borders to the north with the municipality of San Pelayo, the municipalities of Ciénaga de Oro and San Carlos to the east, the municipalities of San Carlos and Montería to the south and to the west again with the municipalities of San Pelayo and Montería covering a total area of 351. San Pelayo is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia. Ciénaga de Oro is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia. San Carlos is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia. Montería is a municipality and city located in Northern Colombia, capital of the Department of Cordoba. 8 km². Cereté has a yearly average temperature of 28 °C and is some 12 m over sea level. The town of Cereté is located some 18 km from the Cordoba Department capital Montería. Montería is a municipality and city located in Northern Colombia, capital of the Department of Cordoba.
The town of Cereté is crossed by the Caño Bugre (Bugre Stream) an affluent of the Sinú River. Sinú River (Río Sinú is a river in northwestern Colombia that flows mostly through the Cordoba Department and into the Caribbean Sea. The Bugre stream was once navigatable and connected the town with other river towns like Puerto Wilches and San Pelayo. Puerto Wilches is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. San Pelayo is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia.
Economy
The economy of Cereté is based primarily in cattle raising with some 270 km² used and agriculture with extensive cultivations of cotton (coloquially known as the "white gold") and sorghum covering an area of 80 km². Cotton is a soft staple Fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant ( Gossypium sp Sorghum is a genus of numerous species of grasses, some of which are raised for grain and many of which are used as Fodder plants either cultivated or as part
References
- (Spanish) Gobernacion de Cordoba - Cereté
- (Spanish) El Espacio; Cerete
- (Spanish) El Meridiano de Cordiba; Cerete
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