El Paso, Cesar
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El Paso, Cesar | |
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Municipality | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of El Paso in the Department of Cesar. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Department | Cesar |
| Foundation | 1602 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gunder Escobar (Alas Equipo Colombia)[1] |
| Population (Census 2018[2]) | |
• Total | 34,620 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 |
| Website | elpaso-cesar.gov.co |
El Paso is a municipality in the Cesar Department of Colombia. El Paso is mostly known for having the second largest coal mine in Colombia,[citation needed] located in the corregimiento of La Loma.
El Paso means "The Path" in the Spanish language. The name was mentioned in a document establishing the encomienda with the Chimila indigenous peoples in the region. The documents mentioned "The path of the advanced" in reference to the path of Alfonso Luis de Lugo in 1544 from Cabo de la Vela in the Guajira Peninsula, Tamalameque in his way inland to the New Kingdom.[3]
Geography
The municipality of El Paso is located on the central western region of the Department of Cesar bordering to the north with the municipalities of Valledupar and Bosconia; to the east with the municipalities of Los Robles La Paz, Codazzi, Becerril and La Jagua de Ibirico; to the south with the municipality of Chiriguana; southwest with the municipality of Astrea and to the west with the Department of Magdalena.
