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Pedro Medina Avendaño
Pedro Medina Avendaño (14 September 1915 – 31 August 2012) was a Colombian lawyer and poet, author of the Anthem of Bogotá and the Anthem of Boyacá, he was also known as the "Poet of the Anthems". Medina, son of Pedro Medina Niño and Carmen Avendaño, married Sofia Torres Remolina in 1944. He attended school in Tunja at the ''Colegio Salesiano'', and later attended the National University of Colombia, where he received a Doctorate of Laws, Political Science and Social Sciences, specialized in Penal and Administrative law. In addition to authoring the anthems of Bogotá and Boyacá, he has composed the anthems of his native city of Cómbita, and Sogamoso, as well as the anthems of other institutions such as the anthem of Tunja's Lawyers Club, the anthem of the Colombian Liberal Party, the anthems of the Universidad Libre, La Gran Colombia University, Central University and the Colegio Mayor of Cundinamarca University, among many more. For his contributions, the Cit ...
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Cómbita
Cómbita is a town and municipality in the Colombian Departments of Colombia, Department of Boyacá Department, Boyacá, part of the sub region of the Central Boyacá Province. Cómbita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and borders Arcabuco and the department of Santander Department, Santander in the north, Sotaquirá in the northeast, Tuta, Boyacá, Tuta and Oicatá in the east, department capital Tunja at away and Motavita in the south and Arcabuco and Motavita in the west.Official website Cómbita


History

Cómbita was in the time before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores inhabited by the Muisca people, Muisca, organized in their loose Muisca Confederation. The Muisca rulers, ruler of the northern Muisca was the ''zaque'' of Tunja, Hunza, modern day Tunja. The '' ...
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District University Of Bogotá
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Male Composers
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Colombian Composers
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People From Boyacá Department
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2012 Deaths
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1915 Births
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Central University (Colombia)
The Central University (''Universidad Central'') is a private institution of higher education established 1966, whose two offices are at Bogotá, Colombia. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the areas of humanities, arts, economic and administrative sciences and engineering. History Central University was founded in 1966 by a group of Colombian educators seeking to expand access to higher education for all sectors of society. On 30 June of that year, Raul Vasquez Velez, Ruben Reyes Amaya, Alberto Gomez Moreno, Eduardo Varela Mendoza, Tellez Elberto Camacho, Jorge Enrique Molina and Darío Samper, signed the act establishing the Central University Foundation. Symbol The image of the university was built on the curubo leaf (Passiflora mollissima tripartite), a creeper of family Passifloraceae, which is native to tropical and temperate South America. Because it is an indigenous plant and strongly linked to culture, traditional medicine and food of the aboriginal co ...
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La Gran Colombia University
La Gran Colombia University is a private university located in Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. It was founded on May 24, 1951, by Julio César García Valencia, recognized Colombian historian of the Twentieth century. Faculties * Accountancy * Architecture * Business administration * Civil engineering * Systems engineering * Agroindustry engineering * Economics * Education sciences * Law Institutes * Ethics Center * Innovation Center * Julio César García Lyceum * Languages Center See also * Great Colombia Gran Colombia (, "Great Colombia"), or Greater Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: ''República de Colombia''), was a state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 18 ... External links La Gran Colombia University Official Web SiteLa Gran Colombia University Official Web Site ARMENIA La Gran Colombia University Universities and colleges established in 1951 La Gran Colombia University 1951 e ...
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Universidad Libre
Free University of Colombia ( es, Universidad Libre), also called Unilibre, is a nonsectarian, coeducational, private and nonprofit university based in Bogota, Colombia, with six satellite campuses located in Cali, Barranquilla, Pereira, Cartagena, Cúcuta, and Socorro. It is considered one of Colombia's most comprehensive universities, receiving a high quality accreditation from the Ministry of Education for 4 years, and offers sixty-seven degree programs at the undergraduate level and one hundred sixty-three graduate level programs. Since the original intention of this institution of higher education was to offer the space for unbiased learning during a radical political period in the country, the proper translation would be "Freedom University," given it promotes freedom of speech and political thought. The university is a member of the Association of Colombian Universities ( ASCUN) and the Iberoamerican University Network Universia. History The Universidad Libre wa ...
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