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Cesar River runs 280 km from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and its river mouth in the Magdalena River. In the present investigation I made a description of the demographic and economic characteristics of the inhabitants of the towns through which this river. There are eleven municipalities (San Juan del Cesar, Villanueva, Urumita and La Jagua del Pilar in La Guajira, and Valledupar, San Diego, La Paz, El Paso, Astrea, Chiriguaná and Chimichagua). The river runs mainly by rural areas and / or districts. The principal activities of its inhabitants are agriculture, livestock, mining (in El Paso and Chiriguaná), exploitation of dredged material and animal husbandry (with greater intensity in Chimichagua). Each of these affects the river negatively. However, the most common source of pollution is the dumping of sewage into the river without proper removal of the pollutant load. RESUMEN: El río Cesar recorre 280 km entre la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta y su desembocadura en el río Magdalena. En la presente investigación se hace una descripción de las características sociodemográficas y económicas de los habitantes de los municipios por donde pasa este río. En total son once municipios (San Juan del Cesar, Villanueva, Urumita y La Jagua del Pilar en La Guajira; y Valledupar, San Diego, La Paz, El Paso, Astrea, Chiriguaná y Chimichagua en el Cesar). El río pasa principalmente por zonas rurales y/o corregimientos. Las actividades principales de sus habitantes son la agricultura, la ganadería, la minería (en El Paso y Chiriguaná), la explotación de material de arrastre y la pesca (con mayor intensidad en Chimichagua). Cada una de estas afecta negativamente al río. Sin embargo, la fuente de contaminación más frecuente es el vertimiento de aguas residuales en el río sin la debida remoción de su carga contaminante.
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Karelys Guzmán Finol, 2013.
"El río Cesar,"
Documentos de Trabajo Sobre Economía Regional y Urbana
10848, Banco de la República, Economía Regional.
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RePEc:col:000102:010848
DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.188
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- Q10 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - General
- Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General
- Q30 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - General
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