been created by ordinance 45 issued on December 19, 1969 and established there by directive 537 on May 8, 1970 by Governor Joaquín Piñeros Corpas. The city's main church has been rebuilt numerous times, and for a variety of reasons. The first church was built in June 1658 by Father Andrés Méndez de Valdivieso. The second church was built by Father Poveda in 1707, and lasted until 1865. The third church was built soon after by Father Antonio Martínez. It was made of bricks, but collapsed on September 19, 1908. The fourth church was begun in its place on June 6, 1909, and was consecrated August 15, 1926, soon after its completion. It was consecrated by the local Archbishop, Ismael Perdomo. However, there were other churches throughout the city's existence, including the Nuestra Señora de Belén (English: Our Lady of Bethlehem), consecrated on August 16, 1786. During World War II, a hotel in the city was used as an internment camp for citizens of Axis power countries. Geography Climate The urban territory is between 550 m and 3,050 m above sea level, with an average height . Its average temperature is . The relative humidity of the municipality and other climatic subzones of the municipality, is 85%, with monthly highs of 93% and lows of 74%. The average wind speed at 7:00 am is 1.0 m/s, 13:00 2.7 m/s. At 19:00 it is 1.1 m/s, with a monthly maximum of 10.4 m/s; at 13:00 and monthly minimum 0 m/s (calm) at 19:00. The municipality has annual precipitation of over 1,250 mm. The rainy months are March, April, May, October, November, December. The dry months are January, February, June, July, August, September. The total annual precipitation measurement at five stations is 1389.4 mm. The aridity index of 47.79 corresponds to Semi-arid. There is an average of 1560 sunshine hours per year (130 hours per month) and average evaporation of 1105.9 mm per year. Location Water supply The water supply is largely from local Emserfusa. Demography The municipality has characterized due to its demographic explosion, factors that incide are climate and location near the capital Bogota. According of 2005 census development by Departamento Nacional de Estadistica the population is 107,259 inhabitants. 85,008 in the urban town and 22,251 in the rural zone. The proportion of men is 48.1% and the women is 51.9%. Until 2011 its population is growing to annual rate