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Granada (Meta)
Granada is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. The municipality has an area of and a population of 68,876. The municipality is located between 3° 26" latitude north and 73° 43" longitude west and between above sea level. The daily mean air temperature varies between . Annual rainfall is between . The town is connected to Santa Fé de Bogotá along a road and lies about from the regional capital Villavicencio. Symbols Shield The shield is made up of two axes, a symbol of colonization. The first appears in the year 1939, when the population of what is now Granada began. In the second the date 1956, when it was erected as a municipality. A ribbon with the inscription "Land of work for men of peace" connects the two axes. The shield, in the upper part, is divided into three parts, each one with the different colors of the flag. First we see the white dove symbolizing peace, in the center the open pomegranate that symbolizes the agricultural variety ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Colombia
The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 municipalities (''municipios''). Each one of them is led by a mayor (''alcalde'') elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments. The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the ''Federación Colombiana de Municipios'' (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the constitutional right to free association to defend their common interests. Categories Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Article 7 http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=48267 the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orinoquía Natural Region
The Orinoquía region is one of the six natural regions of Colombia that belongs to the Orinoco River watershed. It is also known colloquially as the Eastern Plains from the Spanish Llanos Orientales. The region covers most of the area of the departments of Meta, Arauca, Casanare and Vichada. Biogeographical subregion The Orinoquía region has the following subregions: * Plains Foothills: in between the East Andes and the Eastern Plains; elevations ranges between and ; mostly covered by dense tropical humid forest * Meta River Plain * Arauca Marshlands * Serranía de la Macarena Biodiversity The ecosystems of the region are tropical savanna with gallery forests and wetlands A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The p ... along the rivers. Protected areas * PNN Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesetas
Mesetas is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car .... References Mesetas census results 2005 Mesetas municipal website Municipalities of Meta Department {{MetaCO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vista Hermosa, Meta
Vista Hermosa is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. That is located approximately 6 hours from Bogotá D.C. It has fully paved access roads that allow a quick movement to the urban area and the visualization of its beautiful landscapes that live up to its name. This municipality is made up of 84 villages and its population is approximately 25,000 inhabitants. It has limits with the municipalities of San Juan de Arama, La Macarena, Puerto Lleras, Mesetas, Uribe Meta Sightseeing Vista Hermosa is one of the municipalities that develop ecotourism since it has a great wealth of natural resources, with a variety of landscapes, including hot springs, beaches, jets, pipes among others. Among them, the best known are the beaches of the Guejar river, the asphalt mine in Maracaibo, the Sardinata jets in the Maracaibo village, the Unión jets in the Caño Unión village, the archaeological park in the Cunimia village, and the attractions of the Park National Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Juan De Arama
San Juan de Arama is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car .... Municipalities of Meta Department {{MetaCO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lejanías
Lejanías is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. Climate Lejanías has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ... ''Af'') with heavy to extremely heavy rainfall year round. References Municipalities of Meta Department {{MetaCO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuente De Oro
Fuente de Oro ( en, Fountain of Gold) is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car .... References Municipalities of Meta Department {{MetaCO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Castillo, Meta
El Castillo is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. History The first settlers settled on the banks of the Caño Uruimes, with the passage of time this was elevated to the Category of Police Inspection of the Municipality of San Martín, under the name of Inspection of Urimes. By 1963, the name was changed to La Cal, which was again changed in 1976 when it was created as a municipality with its current name of El Castillo. El Castillo was elevated to municipality by Ordinance No.001 of February 19, 1976.Medellín Becerra, Jorge Alejandro; Fajardo Rivera, Diana. El Castillo. Diccionario de Colombia (2005 edición). p. 335. ISBN 958-04-8561-5 Geography Limits The municipality is located in the southwest of the department; in the region known as Alto Ariari *North with the municipalities of El Dorado and Cubarral; *South with the municipalities of Lejanías and Granada *West with the municipalities of Cubarral and Lejanías. *East with the municipalities of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cubarral
Cubarral is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. The municipality of Guamal borders Cubarral to the north, to the west is bordered by the department of Cundinamarca, to the east by the municipality of San Martín and to the south by the municipality of El Dorado. Furthermore, According to DANE projections from the 2005 census, Cubarral would have a population of approximately 5946 people by 2015. Hydrography There are a lot of rivers that cross the municipality of Cubarral, and according to National Environmental Licensing Authority (ANLA) in Spanish, some of the main watercourses are: * Ariari river * Humadea river * Tonoa river Climate Cubarral has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ... ''Af'') with heav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Century
A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c. A centennial or centenary is a hundredth anniversary, or a celebration of this, typically the remembrance of an event which took place a hundred years earlier. Start and end of centuries Although a century can mean any arbitrary period of 100 years, there are two viewpoints on the nature of standard centuries. One is based on strict construction, while the other is based on popular perception. According to the strict construction, the 1st century AD began with AD 1 and ended with AD 100, the 2nd century spanning the years 101 to 200, with the same pattern continuing onward. In this model, the ''n''-th century starts with the year that ends with "01", and ends with the year that ends with "00"; for example, the 20th century comprises the years 1901 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
The Altiplano Cundiboyacense () is a high plateau located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes covering parts of the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá. The altiplano corresponds to the ancient territory of the Muisca. The Altiplano Cundiboyacense comprises three distinctive flat regions; the Bogotá savanna, the valleys of Ubaté and Chiquinquirá, and the valleys of Duitama and Sogamoso. The average altitude of the altiplano is about above sea level but ranges from roughly to . Etymology ''Altiplano'' in Spanish means "high plain" or "high plateau", the second part is a combination of the departments Cundinamarca and Boyacá. Geography The limits of the Altiplano are not strictly defined. The high plateau is enclosed by the higher mountains of the Eastern Ranges, with the Sumapaz mountains in the south and Chingaza to the east. The Tenza Valley is located to the east of the Altiplano and the Ocetá Páramo and Chicamocha Canyon are situated to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vichada Department
Vichada Department ( es, Departamento del Vichada, link=no, ) is a department of the Republic of Colombia in South America. Vichada is located in the eastern plains of Colombia, in the Orinoquía Region within the Orinoco river basin bordering the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the north and east. To the north the department also borders with Arauca Department, to the northwest with Casanare Department, to the west with Meta Department, to the southwest narrowly bordering with Guaviare Department and to the south with Guainía Department. The department is the second largest in Colombia and scarcely populated in comparison to other departments. The department was previously a commissary established in 1913. The largest town and capital of the department is Puerto Carreño located in extreme northeastern part of the department and bordering Venezuela. the department is subdivided into four municipalities; Puerto Carreño, La Primavera, Santa Rosalía and Cumaribo. It als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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