The Guavio Province ( es, Provincia del Guavio) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca department,

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. Guavio borders the

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and the

Central Savanna Province Central Savanna Province ( es, Sabana Centro) is one of the fifteen provinces of Cundinamarca, in the country of Colombia. It is located in the central area of the department, and has 11 municipalities. The province capital is the city of Zipaqu ...

to the west, to the north the

Almeidas Province Almeidas Province ( es, Provincia de Almeidas, ) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Almeidas borders to the east with the Boyacá Department to the north with the Ubaté Province, to the west with the Central Sava ...

, to the east the

Boyacá Department Boyacá () is one of the thirty-two departments of Colombia, and the remnant of Boyacá State, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia". Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the moun ...

and Medina Province and to the south the

Meta Department Meta () is a departments of Colombia, department of Colombia. It is close to the geographic center of the country, to the east of the Andean mountains. A large portion of the department, which is also crossed by the Meta River, is covered by a ...

and the Eastern Province. The

Alberto Lleras Dam The Alberto Lleras Dam, also known as the Guavio Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Guavio River near Guavio, Colombia. The dam was built in 1989 with a height of . The dam has an installed hydroelectric generation capacity of , a cres ...

is also located in this area. The eastern municipalities Gachalá and Ubalá are rich in

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Subdivision

Guavio Province is subdivided into 8

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
- El Tiempo

References

External links

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Guavio Province in Cundinamarca
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Description Guavio Province
- Universidad de los Andes Provinces of Cundinamarca Department {{Cundinamarca-geo-stub