Tequendama Province

Tequendama Province is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia.

Tequendama Province

Provincia de Tequendama
View of La Mesa
Etymology: Tequendama
Location of Tequendama Province in Colombia
Coordinates: 4°37′58″N 74°21′08″W
CountryColombia
DepartmentCundinamarca
CapitalSan Antonio del Tequendama
Municipalities10
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (COT)
Indigenous groupsPanche
Muisca

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
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