Tequendama Province
Province in Cundinamarca, Colombia
Tequendama Province Provincia de Tequendama | |
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Province | |
View of La Mesa | |
Etymology: Tequendama | |
![]() Location of Tequendama Province in Colombia | |
Coordinates: 4°37′58″N 74°21′08″W / 4.63278°N 74.35222°W / 4.63278; -74.35222 | |
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
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