Tequendama Province
Tequendama Province
Provincia de Tequendama | |
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Etymology: Tequendama | |
Coordinates: 4°37′58″N 74°21′08″W / 4.63278°N 74.35222°WCoordinates: 4°37′58″N 74°21′08″W / 4.63278°N 74.35222°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Cundinamarca |
Capital | San Antonio del Tequendama |
Municipalities | 10 |
Time zone | UTC−05:00 (COT) |
Indigenous groups | Panche Muisca |
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".[1]
Subdivision[]
Tequendama Province comprises ten municipalities:
- San Antonio del Tequendama
- Anapoima
- Anolaima
- Apulo
- Cachipay
- El Colegio
- La Mesa
- Quipile
- Tena
- Viotá
References[]
- ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Tequendama
Panorama[]
Categories:
- Provinces of Cundinamarca Department
- Muysccubun
- Cundinamarca Department geography stubs