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| Nickname: Musical city of Colombia | |||
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| Country | Colombia | ||
| Region | Andean Region | ||
| Department | Department of Tolima | ||
| Foundation | October 14, 1550 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Jesús María Botero Gutiérrez | ||
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| - Municipality | 1,498 km² (578. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Paisa Region The Andes mountains form the most populated region of Colombia and contain the majority of the country's urban centres Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by thirty-two departments ( Spanish: departamentos, sing Tolima is one of the 32 Departments of Colombia, located in the Andean region in the center-west of the country Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces 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. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,285 m (4,216 ft) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Municipality | 498,401 | ||
| - Urban | 468,647 | ||
| Time zone | Eastern Time Zone (UTC-5) | ||
| Website: www.alcaldiadeibague.gov.co | |||
Ibagué is the capital of the department of Tolima in 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 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by thirty-two departments ( Spanish: departamentos, sing Tolima is one of the 32 Departments of Colombia, located in the Andean region in the center-west of the country Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. It is situated 1,235 m (4,149 ft) above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central between the Chipalo and Combeima rivers, tributaries of the Coello River. See also Geography of Colombia The Cordillera Central range is one of the three branches of ridges in the Andes Mountains that split in southern It is on the road from Armenia to Bogotá, near the high mountain pass known as "La Línea" ("The Line") which connects the interandean valleys of Magdalena and Cauca rivers and, as a result, is an important commercial center and road transport hub. Armenia is the capital of Quindío, a department in Colombia. Bogotá —officially named Bogotá DC (DC for " Distrito Capital " which means "Capital District" formerly called Santa Fe de Bogotá The Magdalena River (Spanish Río Magdalena) also called Yuma River (Spanish Río Yuma) is the principal River of Colombia, running The Cauca River is a River in Colombia that lies between the Occidental and Central Cordilleras Born in southwestern Colombia The fertile surrounding countryside produces coffee, cacao, tobacco, sugarcane, and rice. CoFFEE is an Open source Software for computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL in a digital classroom CACAO is a research Java Virtual Machine developed at Vienna University of Technology. Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. Sugarcane ( Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many Ibagué is widely regarded as the "Musical City of Colombia" due to its commitment for the improvement of musical education in the country and its rich schedule of musical events during the year.
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History
Ibagué was founded by Spaniard Andrés López de Galarza on October 14, 1550 as "Villa de San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas" ("Town of Saint Boniface of Ibagué of the Valley of the Spears") in the place where today is located the urban area of the neighbouring municipality of Cajamarca, which lies 42 km to the west of the modern city of Ibagué. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Cajamarca is a town and municipality in the Tolima Department of Colombia. Due to the frequent attacks by the indigenous Pijaos commanded by cacique Ibagué, the city was founded once more in its current location on February 7, 1551. Cacique or Cazique (female form Cacica) from the Taíno word for the Pre-Columbian tribal chiefs or leaders, of the Taino Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince From April to December 1854 Ibagué was briefly the capital of the New Granada following a coup d'etat promoted by José María Melo, a general and politician coincidentally born in Chaparral, Tolima. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year José María Dionisio Melo y Ortiz ( October 9, 1800 – June 1, 1860) was a Colombian general and politician of Pijao Chapparal is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. In 1908, when the department of Tolima was created, Ibagué became its capital. Tolima is one of the 32 Departments of Colombia, located in the Andean region in the center-west of the country Tolima University was founded in 1945, and was raised to state university status in 1954. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar)
The city is also the home of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué { Latin: Ibaguen(sis } is an Archdiocese located in the city of Ibagué in Colombia
Demographics
The total population of the municipality of Ibagué (including urban and rural zones) is comprised by 498,401 inhabitants from which, 468,647 reside in the urban area.
Notable people
Ibagué is the birthplace of boxer Óscar Escandón and soprano Patricia Caicedo. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, Oscar Eduardo Escandón Berrío (born July 10, 1984 in Ibagué) is a boxer from Colombia, who participated in the 2004 This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type.
References
- ^ EarthTools. Retrieved on 2008-03-24. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland
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