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Piedecuesta

Field	Value
name	Piedecuesta
settlement_type	Municipality and city
image_skyline	Piedecuesta Santander Colombia.jpg
image_flag	Flag of Piedecuesta (Santander).svg
image_seal	Escudo de Piedecuesta, departamento de Santander Colombia.jpg
image_map	Colombia - Santander - Piedecuesta.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Piedecuesta in the Santander Department of Colombia.
pushpin_mapsize	300
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Colombia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Colombia
subdivision_type1	Department
subdivision_name1	Santander Department
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	484.6
area_urban_km2	11.2
area_footnotes
population_as_of	2020 est.
population_footnotes
population_total	182959
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	150483
population_density_urban_km2	auto
population_demonym	Piedecuestano, -a
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	1005

Piedecuesta (, officially Villa de San Carlos del Pie de la Cuesta) is a city and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia, South America. The city has a population of about 150,000. It is part of the metropolitan zone of Bucaramanga, which is the fifth largest urban area of Colombia by population.

Geography

Piedecuesta is situated in the Rio de Oro valley. One of its most notable landmarks is the Cantera's Hill, on top of which sits a large statue of the Virgin Mary (known locally as Cantera's virgin). Other landmarks include Guatiguara's valley, the Saints' Plateau, part of Chicamocha Canyon, and Ruitoque Plateau.

Economy

Piedecuesta is an important agricultural area; some products are Castilla blackberries (major national producer), tobacco (a traditional product since the Spanish Colonial Era), Tahitian lime (one of the largest national producers), and sugar cane (the town remains a major panela producer).

The town is a major service center and owns the most develop-able land of a metropolitan city. Piedecuesta also contains multiple rivers within its boundaries, such as the Gold River, the Manco River, and the Hato River. Recent developments include: Ruitoque Plateau, which offers golf courses and high level condominiums; the Valley of Menzuly, which recently (2022) completed building of an international hospital; and The Saints' Plateau, a tourist destination.

Industrial development in Piedecuesta has seen recent surges with the expansion of large companies into the area. These companies include ICP(Colombian Institute of Petroleum) and UIS Guatiguará (a high-level research center of the Industrial University of Santander).

Tourism

The Saints' Plateau landscape includes several waterfalls and views of Chicamocha Canyon.

Holy Week: As most citizens of Piedecuesta are of the Catholic faith, this day is traditionally spent visiting religious monuments such as the virgin of the Cantera's Hill, the Mountain of Hermits, and the procession of Nazarene into the main streets.

Liberty Park lies in the center of the town and is surrounded by several buildings, including the San Francisco Javier church (which was built with red stone from the Cantera's Hill) and the Perpetuo Socorro church (the first church of the town). The presence of two large churches in a town of this size is unusual in Colombia.

The Municipal Palace is an ancient building of the local government.

Sports

Estadio Villa Concha is an association football stadium in Piedecuesta, it is home to Real Santander association football team since 2021.

References

"Municipalities of Colombia". Statoids.
[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/admin/santander/68547__piedecuesta/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Piedecuesta municipality

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