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Astrea, Cesar

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Country
  
Colombia

Department
  
Cesar

Elevation
  
200 m (700 ft)

Area
  
563.1 km²

Region
  
Caribbean

Foundation
  
1936

Website
  
astrea-cesar.gov.co

Local time
  
Monday 4:22 PM

Astrea, Cesar

Weather
  
37°C, Wind NE at 16 km/h, 26% Humidity

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Astrea is a municipality and town of the Department of Cesar in northern Colombia.

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Map of Astrea, Cesar, Colombia

Geography

The municipality of Astrea limits to the north with the municipality of El Paso and northewest with Magdalena Department; to the south with the municipality of Chiriguana. It has an extension of 580 km². The average temperature throughout the year is 30 °C.

The region is part of the geological Zambrano formation, formed in the Neogene presenting a gray-greenish clay.

History

Founded by a farmer named Martín Mier Barbosa in 1936 when a group of farmers from the Magdalena Department arrived seeking better pastures.

After the creation of the Department of Cesar in 1964 Astrea became a corregimiento of the municipality of Chimichagua. On November 26, 1984 Astrea segregated from Chimichagua and became a municipality of the Department of Cesar by Ordinance 013 of 1984.

Administrative divisions

Corregimientos
  • Arjona
  • San Pedro
  • Santa Cecilia
  • El Vallito
  • Economy

    Ranching and agriculture are the main economic activity in the region having the town of Astrea as the main urban center of the municipality. Agricultural products are commercialized in the town such as; yuca, sesame, corn and common bean among others.

    Culture

    Astrea celebrates the Día de San Antonio de Pádua (Saint Anthony of Pádua) Day in the corregimiento of Arjona, every year on June 16. Astrea also celebrates a traditional feast honoring the Día de San Martín (St. Martin's Day) every November 11.

    References

    Astrea, Cesar Wikipedia