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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Aguada
|native_name =
|nickname =
|motto =
|settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Colombia|Municipality]] and town
|image_skyline =
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|image_flag = Flag of Aguada (Santander).svg
|image_seal = Escudo Aguada.jpg
|image_map = Colombia - Santander - Aguada.svg
|mapsize = 250px
|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Aguada in the Santander Department of Colombia
|pushpin_map =
|pushpin_mapsize = 300
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[Departments of Colombia|Department]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Santander Department]]
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = [[Vélez Province]]
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Ramiro Javier Ariza Almanzar<br><small>(2016-2019)</small>
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 1956
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 75.75
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|area_urban_km2 = 0.04
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|population_as_of = 2015
|population_note =
|population_total = 1855
|population_density_km2 = auto
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|population_urban = 225
|blank1_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
|blank1_info = [[Oceanic climate|Cfb]]
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|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
|utc_offset = -5
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|elevation_m = 1700
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'''Aguada''' ({{IPA|es|aˈɣwaða}}) is a town and municipality in the [[Vélez Province]] of the [[Santander Department]] in northeastern [[Colombia]]. Aguada is located in the vicinity of the [[Opón River]] at an altitude of {{convert|1700|m|ft}}. It borders [[El Guacamayo]] in the north, [[San Benito, Santander|San Benito]] in the south, [[Suaita]] in the east and [[La Paz, Santander|La Paz]] in the west.<ref name=websiteAguada>{{in lang|es}} [https://archive.today/20150607011151/http://www.aguada-santander.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Aguada]</ref>
== History ==
The area of Aguada before the [[Spanish conquest of the Muisca|Spanish conquest]] was inhabited by the [[Yarigui people]]. In early 1537, the difficult expedition into the heart of Colombia led by [[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]] passed through Aguada.<ref name=websiteAguada/>
Modern Aguada was founded in 1956.<ref name=websiteAguada/>
==References==▼
▲*{{es icon}} [http://www.aguada.gov.co/ Aguada official website]
== Economy ==
Main source of income of Aguada is [[agriculture]] with products [[panela]] reed, [[maize]], [[bean]]s, [[yuca]], [[coffee]], [[pea]]s and [[arracacha]] cultivated.<ref name=websiteAguada/>
▲== References ==
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{{Municipalities santander department}}
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