San Sebastián de Buenavista

San Sebastián de Buenavista
San Sebastián de Buenavista
town
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	Location of the municipality and town of San Sebastián de Buenavista in the Department of Magdalena.
Country	Colombia
Region	Caribbean
Department	Magdalena
Foundation	1748
Area
• Total	421 km2 (163 sq mi)
Population (Census 2018)
• Total	18,865
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5
Website	; www.sansebastiandebuenavista-magdalena.gov.co

San Sebastián de Buenavista is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. Founded in 1748 by Fernando de Mier y Guerra with the name San Sebastián de Melchiquejo, but was later changed on November 15, 1957 when it was erected municipality.

Politics

Administrative divisions

Corregimientos:

Troncosito
Troncoso
Buenavista
El Coco
Las Margaritas
La Pacha
Los Galvis
San Valentín
Sabanas de Peralejo
Maria Antonia
Venero
El Seis
San Rafael
Santa Rosa
Dividivi

References

^ "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

External links

(in Spanish) San Sebastián de Buenavista official website

9°14′25″N 74°21′20″W / 9.24028°N 74.35556°W / 9.24028; -74.35556

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[area-1] "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[Censo-2] "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

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