Santa Cruz de Lorica

Municipality and town in Córdoba Department, Colombia

Santa Cruz de Lorica Loriquero/a
Municipality and town
Flag Seal
Location of the municipality and town of Santa Cruz de Lorica in the Córdoba Department of Colombia.
9°13′54″N 75°49′11″W / 9.23167°N 75.81972°W / 9.23167; -75.81972
Country	Colombia
Department	Córdoba Department
Founded	1740
Government
• Mayor	Francisco José Jattin Corrales
Area
• Municipality and town	951 km² (367 sq mi)
• Urban	7.88 km² (3.04 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population (2020 est.)^[1]
• Municipality and town	115,461
• Density	120/km² (310/sq mi)
• Urban	54,430
• Urban density	6,900/km² (18,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Loriquero
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Area code	57 + 4
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

Santa Cruz de Lorica is a town and municipality located in the Córdoba Department, northern Colombia.

Lorica was named a Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) of Colombia in 2010. It is the only municipality near the Caribbean coast that was selected to be part of the Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio original cohort.^[2]

As per 2020 estimates, the population of Santa Cruz de Lorica was 115,461, with a density ratio of 120 persons per square kilometer.

References

(in Spanish) Gobernacion de Cordoba - Santa Cruz de Lorica^{[dead link]}
(in Spanish) Santa Cruz de Lorica official website

^ Citypopulation.de Population of Santa Cruz de Lorica municipality
^ "GUÍA: Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio de Colombia" (PDF). Fondo Nacional de Turismo de la República de Colombia - FONTUR. Dec 2020. Retrieved 29 Mar 2021.