Bolívar, Valle del Cauca

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Municipality and town in Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia

Bolívar

Municipality and town

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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 / 4.33861; -76.18472
Country|  Colombia
Department| Valle del Cauca Department
Area

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• 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

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* Fanor Mondragón, Colombian chemist, professor and researcher[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
2. ^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
3. ^ "Why is a remote Colombian town a hot spot of an inherited intellectual disability?". Science Magazine. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
4. ^ 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.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Municipalities in the Valle del Cauca Department

* Alcalá
* Andalucía
* Ansermanuevo
* Argelia
* Bolívar
* Buenaventura
* Buga
* Bugalagrande
* Caicedonia
* Cali
* Calima
* Candelaria
* Cartago
* Dagua
* El Águila
* El Cairo
* El Cerrito
* El Dovio
* Florida
* Ginebra
* Guacarí
* Jamundí
* La Cumbre
* La Unión
* La Victoria
* Obando
* Palmira
* Pradera
* Restrepo
* Riofrío
* Roldanillo
* San Pedro
* Sevilla
* Toro
* Trujillo
* Tuluá
* Ulloa
* Versalles
* Vijes
* Yotoco
* Yumbo
* Zarzal

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