Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander

Villa del Rosario
town
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Location of the municipality and town of Labateca in the Norte de Santander Department. Municipality in dark gray, town in red. Location of the municipality and town of Labateca in the Norte de Santander Department. Municipality in dark gray, town in red.
Villa del Rosario Location of the municipality and town of Labateca in the Norte de Santander Department. Municipality in dark gray, town in red.
Coordinates:
Country	Colombia
Department	Norte de Santander*
Foundation	1761
Government
• Mayor	Simon Bolivar
Area
• town	228 km2 (88 sq mi)
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Population (2012)
• town	80,497
• Metro	742,689
Demonym(s)	Rosariense
Area code(s)	57 + 7
Website	Official website (Spanish)

Villa del Rosario is a Colombian municipality and town located in the eastern part of the North Santander department. It is part of the Metropolitan Area of Cúcuta. The municipality limits to the north with Venezuela and the municipality of Cúcuta, to the south with the municipalities of Ragonvalia and Chinácota, to the east with Venezuela and to the west with the municipality of Los Patios.

Basic information

• Founder: Ascencia Rodríguez de Morales y José Díaz de Austudillo.

• Population: 65,337

• Elevation: 320 m above sea-level

• Area: 228 km²

• Climate: 26 °C

• Distance to Cúcuta: 4 km

• Coordinates: 72° 28' O / 7° 50' N

• Rivers: Táchira River.

History

The historians agree in affirming that the founder was Don Asencio Rodriguez in 1750.

Towards 1760 some farms in the same site stand out in where today the population exists that knows with the name "the Old Rosary". Some of the most important neighbors in these valleys the 15 of 1771 July were congregated in meeting, with the intention of formalizing the creation of the parish. In view of the importance that volume their inhabitants asked for to the Spanish monarch Carlos IV, it granted the title to him of Villa.

Consequently, the 18 May 1792, the title of "Noble, Leal y Valerosa Villa" by real Certificate was granted to him to the parish of Our Lady of the Rosary. Villa del Rosario contributed many great men where he honors General Francisco de Paula Santander, man of arms and laws, whose work in the war and the Republic allowed to value it as brain of the public administration and the democratic handling.

Economy

• Agriculture: Sugar, coffee, rice, cane, banana, tobacco, vegetables and fruit trees.
• Cattle: Bovine, bovine and poultries.
• Mining: Coal, clay, plaster and limestone stone.

Tourist sites

• House of Santander

• Historical tamarind

• Park of the Great Colombia

Cimate

This area typically has a pronounced dry season. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Villa del Rosario has a tropical savanna climate, abbreviated "Aw" on climate maps.