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 Virginia, Las Veras, Llano del Pozo, Limoncito, Manuel Norte, Manuel Sur, Pto Peñalisa, San Francisco, San Martin and Zona Urbana
References
Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department
1857 establishments in the Republic of New Granada
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