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Table 2 Colombia's 2005 Census Population. Profile by Threshold Elevation of Counties population

From: The role of ENSO in understanding changes in Colombia's annual malaria burden by region, 1960–2006

Threshold Elevation

Average Elevation*

(masl)

2005 Census Population+

  

Total

Urban Area

Rural Area

Unknown Elevation

.

9,472

8,047

1,425

Between (0, 400] masl

146.6

11,331,631

7,835,910

3,495,721

Between (400, 1,000] masl

685.0

4,402,219

2,733,513

1,668,706

Between (1,000, 1,600] masl

1,278.5

7,466,660

5,551,976

1,914,684

Between (1,600, 2,000] masl

1,783.4

5,011,438

3,457,768

1,553,670

More than 2,000 masl

2,623.4

14,667,172

12,299,388

2,367,784

ALL

1,311.7

42,888,592

31,886,602

11,001,990

  1. * Source: NOAA National Geophysical Data Center for Colombia's counties. "masl" denotes m eters a bove the s ea l evel.
  2. + Source: DANE – Colombia's National Department of Statistics.
  3. The elevation data comes from the NOAA National Geophysical Data Center, for Colombia's counties. The population data comes from 2005 census data from DANE (Colombia's National Department of Statistics).
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