Caucasia, Antioquia

Caucasia
Municipality and city
Flag of Caucasia
Official seal of Caucasia
Location of the municipality and city of Caucasia, Antioquia in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Location of the municipality and city of Caucasia, Antioquia in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Caucasia is located in Colombia
Caucasia
Caucasia
Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 7°59′N 75°12′W / 7.983°N 75.200°W / 7.983; -75.200
Country Colombia
Department Antioquia Department
SubregionBajo Cauca
Founded1886
Government
 • MayorJhoan Oderis Montes Cortés
Area
 • Municipality and city
1,429 km2 (552 sq mi)
 • Urban
16.96 km2 (6.55 sq mi)
Elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (2020 est.)[1][2]
 • Municipality and city
123,304
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
 • Urban
84,654
 • Urban density5,000/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
DemonymCaucasiano
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Area code57 + 4
Websitewww.caucasia-antioquia.gov.co/index.shtml (in Spanish)
On the left side of the river Cauca.

Caucasia is a small city and municipality located in the subregion of Bajo Cauca Antioquia department, in Colombia. Bounded on the south by the department of Córdoba, in the east by the municipalities of Antioquia in Nechí and El Bagre, on the north by the municipality of Zaragoza, and west to the town of Cáceres, and is located 270 km from Medellín.

In sports they have the "Bajo Cauca F.C." that is playing in the Colombian Football Federation's Second Division.

  1. ^ "Estimaciones de Población 1985 - 2005 y Proyecciones de Población 2005 - 2020 Total Municipal por Área (estimate)". DANE. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  2. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Caucasia municipality