Recetor

Recetor is a Colombian municipality in the Department of Casanare. Its jurisdiction has an area of 182 sqkm and a population of 4072. It is located on the eastern slope of the Colombian Andes, with an altitude of 800 m. It has an average temperature of 22 C.

History
Recetor was founded on 17 March, 1740 by Jesuit Missionaries, and was officially made into a municipality in 1925. The first colonists arrived from the department of Boyacá, coming mostly from the municipalities of Miraflores, Berbeo, Paez, and Campohermosa.

Geography
Recetor has an area of 182 square kilometers, of which 0.5 sqkm are urban and 181.5 sqkm are rural. Recetor borders the department of Boyacá, to the east by the municipality of Aguazul, to the south by the municipality of Tauramena and to the southeast by the municipality of Chameza

Economy
The main economic activities are subsistence farming, basic salt mining from wells adjacent to the Recetoreno River, coal mining, and cattle breeding.