El Peñón is a municipality and town of

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in the department of Cundinamarca. It is located at an altitude of in the western flanks of the

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of the

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. The municipality, part of the

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borders

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in the north, Vergara and Nimaima in the south,

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in the east and La Peña and

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in the west. The municipality is northwest of the capital

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and thanks to the lower elevation has a temperate climate averaging .

Geology

The

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El Peñón Formation is named after El Peñón.

History

The area of El Peñón before the

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was inhabited by the Panche. Modern El Peñón was founded in 1822 by Pedro Bustos as El Peñón de Terama, named after a ''

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'' of the Panche that resisted the Spanish

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and died in 1565.191 años de Nuestro Bello Municipio
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:El Penon, Cundinamarca Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department Populated places established in 1822 1822 establishments in Gran Colombia