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Tequendama_Province Latitude and Longitude:

4°37′58″N 74°21′08″W / 4.63278°N 74.35222°W / 4.63278; -74.35222
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Tequendama Province
Provincia de Tequendama
View of La Mesa
View of La Mesa
Etymology: Tequendama
Location of Tequendama Province in Colombia
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
Municipalities10
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:

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Tequendama

Panorama

Panorama of the Tena Valley, Tequendama Province