Santa Rosa de Osos
| Santa Rosa de Osos | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Municipality and City | |||
Principal Park of Santa Rosa de Osos
|
|||
|
|||
 Location of the municipality and city of Santa Rosa de Osos in the Antioquia Department of Colombia |
|||
 Santa Rosa de Osos
|
|||
| Coordinates: 06°38′N 75°28′W / 6.633°N 75.467°W | |||
| Country |
 Colombia
|
||
| Department |
 Antioquia Department
|
||
| Subregion | Northern | ||
| Founded | 1636 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Major | Maria del Carmen Roldán Arango | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 812 km2 (313.52 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 2,550 m (8,370 ft) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • Total | 35,000 | ||
| • Density | 43.1/km2 (112/sq mi) | ||
| SISBEN | |||
| Time zone | Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5) | ||
| Website | http://www.santarosadeosos.gov.co | ||
Santa Rosa de Osos is a middle city and municipality of Colombia located in the northern of the department of Antioquia. Bounded on the north with the municipalities of Yarumal and Angostura, on the east with Guadalupe and Carolina del Principe, on the south with the municipalities of Donmatías, San Pedro de los Milagros and Entrerríos, and on the west with Belmira and San José de la Montaña.
Before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, Indians Nutabes inhabiting the territory of Santa Rosa de Osos' , were fighters and agile. Working tissue cotton and exploited the gold. They had patriarchal social organization and believed in life after death, hence buried their dead with utensils, jewelry, food and clothing.
The northern region of Antioquia where today this municipality is located is a valley that in 1541, discovered the captain Spanish 'conquistador' Francisco Vallejo . The captain called it Valley of the Bears' because there were there many of these animals. And by 1600 explorers and colonists found gold metal abundance in the region.
They came by the hundreds, led by another captain, Antonio Serrano y Espejo, whom he corresponded decree the foundation of a settlement on the site, in 1636, which was approved by His Majesty the King Philip IV of Spain.
In 1659 district stands in parish, from the bishop of Popayan Bishop Jacinto Vasco de Contreras y Velarde and changes the name to 'San Jacinto de los Osos' .
In 1792 was renamed 'Villa de Nuestra Señora de Chiquinquirá de los Osos' . In 1811 he acquired the name it has today, Santa Rosa de Osos' . The district was built as a municipality in 1814 ordered by the dictator Juan del Corral.
In 1917 the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Osos by order of Pope Benedicto XV was established, and investment by Yarce Betancur family, one of the most powerful families in those days and founders of one of the santarosan´s schools.
...
Wikipedia