Upper Magdalena Province ( es, Provincia del Alto Magdalena) is one of the 15 provinces in the
Cundinamarca 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 ...
. Upper Magdalena borders to the west with the
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 ...
and the
Tolima Department, to the north with the
Central Magdalena Province, to the east with the
Tequendama Province
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 comprise ...
and to the southeast with the
Sumapaz Province
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 ...
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Upper Magdalena contains eight
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 ...
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[Orden en las provincias de Cundinamarca]
- El Tiempo
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Agua de Dios
Agua de Dios (, literally in en, Water of God) 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 Cari ...
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Girardot
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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 div ...
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Jerusalén
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Nariño
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Nilo
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Ricaurte
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Tocaima
Tocaima () refers to both a city and a municipality in Cundinamarca, Colombia.
City
The city of Tocaima was founded on March 20, 1544 as San Dionisio de los Caballeros de Tocaima by the Spanish explorer Hernán Venegas Carrillo. This small city ...
References
External links
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Upper Magdalena Province in Cundinamarca
Provinces of Cundinamarca Department
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