Betulia, Santander

Municipality in Santander, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town of Betulia, Santander in the Santander Department of Colombia.

Coordinates: 6°54′00″N 73°17′01″W / 6.90000°N 73.28361°W / 6.90000; -73.28361Country

ColombiaDepartmentSantanderProvinceYariguiesFounded (town)February 13, 1844Incorporated (parish)June 6, 1845Founded byPedro Guarín
José María Prada
Julián García
Pedro GómezGovernment

• MayorLina Maria Alfonso RojasArea

• Municipality413.3 km² (159.576 sq mi)Elevation

1,840 m (7,217.847 ft)Population

(2005)^[1]

• Municipality5,350 • Density12.9/km² (33.5/sq mi) • Urban

1,183 DANETime zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)ClimateCfbWebsitehttp://www.betulia-santander.gov.co/

Betulia is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.

Biodiversity

Frog Hypodactylus adercus is only known from Betulia, its type locality.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Ceso General 2005 (PDF) (in Spanish), Bogotá: DANE, 2005, p. 494, ISBN 978-958-624-072-7, archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2008, retrieved June 1, 2009
^ Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Hypodactylus adercus (Lynch, 2003)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
^ Acosta Galvis, A. R.; D. Cuentas (2017). "Hypodactylus adercus (Lynch, 2003)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.07.2017.0. www.batrachia.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.