Gramalote

7°55′39″N 72°45′14″W / 7.92750°N 72.75389°W / 7.92750; -72.75389 Gramalote is a municipality in the department of North Santander in Colombia. It includes a town of the same name. The complete destruction of the town is considered imminent due to massive mudslides brought about by unprecedented flooding that most of Colombia has undergone. Its average temperature is 23 °C and its height of 1040 meters above sea level. Prior to the 2010 Colombian floods it had a population of 7853 inhabitants. It was founded twice, first in 1857, the second time in 1883, in less than a kilometer south of the original site. The municipality based its economy on the commercial exchange of agricultural producers, coffee, sugar cane, bananas, citrus, fruit and agricultural resources. As for the transition is important crops cultivation of beans. The exploitation of pastures livestock owners took over 50% of the municipal territory. The honey and other apiculture products are other sources of the population.