Bosconia is a town and municipality in the

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Geography

The municipality of Bosconia is located in the northwestern part of the Cesar Department. Borders to the north with the municipality of El Copey, to the east with the municipality of

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, to the south with the municipality of

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and to the west with the

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separated only by the Ariguaní River which is also a natural border and covering a total area of 609 km². The town of Bosconia is located in the central part of the municipality.

Climate

Average year temperature ranges 31 °C and has two rainy seasons intercalated with two dry seasons.

History

The town of Bosconia was founded on August 20, 1958, by Enrique Aarón Haayén and Agustin Mackenzie in honor of

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priest Saint John Bosco. The village became a train station stop for the farmers in the area. In 1979 Bosconia formally becomes a municipality of the Cesar Department. with the construction of paved highways the town of Bosconia became an intersection of two major transited Colombian highways that connect the northern Colombian departments of

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and Cesar with the rest of Colombia and the other one that connects the northeast and the rest of Colombia with the road to the

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and

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. These two highways intersect in downtown Bosconia and is nowadays known as "Bosconia's T".

Politics

Administrative divisions

The municipality of Bosconia contains the urban area of the town of Bosconia and other small urban centers

Corregimientos

# Loma Colorada

Veredas

# El Edén # La Fortuna # Loma Linda # Puerto Lajas # Altos de Minas # Boca de Tigre # Tropezón # Nueva Idea # El Prado

References

External links

Bosconia official website
{{coord, 9.97611, N, 73.8903, W, source:kolossus-itwiki, display=title Municipalities of Cesar Department Populated places established in 1958 1958 establishments in Colombia