Bolívar, Valle del Cauca
Bolívar | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Bolívar, Valle del Cauca in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia. | |
  Bolívar Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°20′19″N 76°11′5″W / 4.33861°N 76.18472°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Valle del Cauca Department |
| Area | |
• Total | 602 km2 (232 sq mi) |
| Population (Census 2018[2]) | |
• Total | 13,954 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Climate | Am |
Bolívar is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Ricaurte, a village within the municipality of Bolívar, is home to the world's largest known cluster of people with fragile X syndrome. Around 5% of the village population carries the genetic mutation or premutation.[3]
Notable people
- Fanor Mondragón, Colombian chemist, professor and researcher[4]
References
- ^ "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Why is a remote Colombian town a hot spot of an inherited intellectual disability?". Science Magazine. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales (2021). Ciencia, Humanismo y Acción. 85 Años Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales (in Spanish). Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. ISBN 978-958-794-489-1.
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