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Upper Magdalena Province
Upper Magdalena Province ( es, Provincia del Alto Magdalena) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Upper Magdalena borders to the west with the Magdalena River and the Tolima Department, to the north with the Central Magdalena Province, to the east with the Tequendama Province and to the southeast with the Sumapaz Province. Upper Magdalena contains eight municipalities:Orden en las provincias de Cundinamarca - El Tiempo * * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena River
The Magdalena River ( es, Río Magdalena, ; less commonly ) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the country. It takes its name from the biblical figure Mary Magdalene. It is navigable through much of its lower reaches, in spite of the shifting sand bars at the mouth of its delta, as far as Honda, at the downstream base of its rapids. It flows through the Magdalena River Valley. Its drainage basin covers a surface of , which is 24% of the country's area and where 66% of its population lives. Course The Magdalena River is the largest river system of the northern Andes, with a length of 1,612 km. Its headwaters are in the south of Colombia, where the Andean subranges Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental separate, in Huila Department. The river runs east then north in a great valley between the two cordilleras. It reaches the coastal plain at about nine degrees north, then runs west for about , then north again, reaching th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tequendama Province
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Tequendama Province is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Etymology The name ''Tequendama'' means in the Chibcha language of the Muisca; "he who precipitates downward". Subdivision Tequendama Province comprises ten municipalities: * San Antonio del Tequendama * Anapoima * Anolaima * Apulo * Cachipay * El Colegio * La Mesa * Quipile * Tena * Viotá References Panorama Provinces of Cundinamarca Department Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricaurte, Cundinamarca
Ricaurte is a municipality and town of 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 ... in the department of Cundinamarca. A law issued on 14 November 1857 created the Peñalisa District and December of the same year the name was changed to Ricaurte; in 1937 it was annexed to the Girardot municipality but it recovered its condition of municipality in 1968. Other Facts * Market Day: Thursday and Sunday * Distance from Bogotá: 142 km * Foundation: 1813 like Peñalisa * Created: Departamental Decree No. 409 of 11 March 1968 * Median temperature: 27 °C * Demonym: * Dane Code: Veredas The Municipality of Ricaurte have 16 Veredas, 17 within the Urban Zone. The Veredas are: *Callejón, Casablanca, Cumaca, El Paso, El Portal, La Carrera, La Tetilla, La Virg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nariño, Cundinamarca
Nariño is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... of Cundinamarca. Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department {{Cundinamarca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalén, Cundinamarca
Jerusalén is a municipality and town of 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 ... in the department of Cundinamarca. See also * Jerusalén, El Salvador Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department {{Cundinamarca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guataquí
Guataquí is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... of Cundinamarca. Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department {{Cundinamarca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agua De Dios
Agua de Dios (, literally in en, Water of God) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... of Cundinamarca. References Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department Populated places established in 1870 1870 establishments in Colombia {{Cundinamarca-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Tiempo (Colombia)
''El Tiempo'' ( en, "Time" or "The Times") is a nationally distributed broadsheet daily newspaper in Colombia launched on January 30th, 1911. , ''El Tiempo'' had the highest circulation in Colombia with an average daily weekday of 1,137,483 readers, rising to 1,921,571 readers for the Sunday edition. From 1913 to 2007, ''El Tiempos main shareholders were members of the Santos Calderón family. Several also participated in Colombian politics: Eduardo Santos Montejo was President of Colombia from 1938 to 1942. Francisco Santos Calderón served as Vice-President (2002–2010). And Juan Manuel Santos as Defense Minister (2006–2009) during Álvaro Uribe's administration; Juan Manuel was elected president of Colombia in 2010 and served in that position until 2018. In 2007, Spanish Grupo Planeta acquired 55% of the ''Casa Editorial El Tiempo'' media group, including the newspaper and its associated TV channel Citytv Bogotá. In 2012, businessman Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo bought th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumapaz Province
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Sumapaz Province is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. External links Sumapaz Province in Cundinamarca Provinces of Cundinamarca Department Province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Magdalena Province
Central Magdalena Province ( es, Provincia del Magdalena Centro) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Central Magdalena borders to the west the Tolima Department and the Magdalena River, to the north the Lower Magdalena Province, to the east the Gualivá and Tequendama Provinces and to the south the Upper Magdalena Province. Central Magdalena Province contains seven municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...:Orden en las provincias de Cundinamarca - [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Colombia
Colombia is divided into 32 '' departments.'' These in turn are divided into ''municipalities,'' though some receive the special category of ''district''. However, there are also ''provinces'', a generic name applied to provinces, districts, regions and subregions. These are generally internal administrative authorities of the departments, more historical than legal. Most Colombian departments have this kind of subdivision. Those that do not are the departments of Amazonas, Arauca, Caquetá, Casanare, Guainía, Guaviare, Putumayo, San Andrés y Providencia, Vaupés, and Vichada. List of provinces See also * Regions of Colombia * Departments of Colombia * Municipalities of Colombia * Districts of Colombia {{distinguish, District of Columbia The Districts ( es, Distrito) in Colombia are cities that have a feature that highlights them, such as its location and trade, history or tourism. Arguably, the districts are special municipalities. The first di ... Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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