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Villapinzón
Villapinzón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Almeidas Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is situated at an elevation of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. Villapinzón borders Ventaquemada ( Boyacá) and Lenguazaque in the north, Chocontá, Tibiritá and La Capilla in the south, Chocontá and Lenguazaque in the west and Ventaquemada, Turmequé and Úmbita in the east. The municipality is located in the uppermost part of the Bogotá River Basin; the origin of the river is within the municipality Villapinzón at an elevation of . Etymology Villapinzón was named Hato Viejo for most of its history. In 1903, the name was changed to "Pinzón", honouring Próspero Pinzón Romero, commander of the army and Minister of War of Colombia under Colombian president José Manuel MarroquÃn. Próspero Pinzón Romero was born in Hato Viejo. A year later, it became Villapinzón. History The histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá River
The Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca department of Colombia. A right tributary of the Magdalena River, the Bogotá River crosses the region from the northeast to the southwest and passing along the western limits of Bogotá. The large population and major industrial base in its watershed have resulted in extremely severe pollution problems for the river. Etymology The Bogotá River is named after Muyquytá, which is derived from Chibcha and means "(Enclosure) outside of the farm fields". – Banco de la República In historical texts, and today the upstream part of, the Bogotá River is also called Funza River.A orillas del RÃo – [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almeidas Province
Almeidas Province ( es, Provincia de Almeidas, ) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Almeidas borders to the east with the Boyacá Department to the north with the Ubaté Province, to the west with the Central Savanna Province and to the south with the Guavio Province. Subdivision Almeidas is subdivided into 7 municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...:Orden en las provincias de Cundinamarca - El Tiempo Refe ...
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Rodrigo Contreras (cyclist)
Rodrigo Contreras Pinzón (born June 2, 1994, in Villapinzón) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for Amateur Team . He previously rode for . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;2013 : 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Bolivia ;2014 : 2014 Pan American Road Cycling Championships, Pan American Under-23 Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::4th Road race : 2nd Colombian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2015 : 1st Stage 1 (Team time trial, TTT) Czech Cycling Tour : 5th Overall 2015 Tour de San Luis, Tour de San Luis ::1st Young rider classification ;2016 : 1st Stage 1 (Team time trial, TTT) 2016 Tour de San Luis, Tour de San Luis ;2017 : 1st Time trial, Cycling at the 2017 Bolivarian Games, Bolivarian Games : 2nd Time trial, 2017 Pan American Road Cycling Championships, Pan American Road Championships : 2nd Colombian National Time Trial Championships, Time trial, National Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turmequé
Turmequé is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Márquez Province. Turmequé is located at northeast from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Ventaquemada in the west, in the east Úmbita, in the north Nuevo Colón and in the south the municipality Villapinzón of the department of Cundinamarca. Official website Turmequé - accessed 03-05-2016 History Turmequé was an important center for the who inhabited the before the arrival ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventaquemada
Ventaquemada is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Ventaquemada is located at a distance of from the capital Bogotá and from the departmental capital Tunja. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Ventaquemada borders Tunja and Samacá in the north, Boyacá, Boyacá, Jenesano and Nuevo Colón in the east, Turmequé and Villapinzón in the south and Guachetá, Lenguazaque and Villapinzón in the west. Etymology Former names of Ventaquemada are Padua and La Venta, indicating the commercial centre at a strategical location along the road between Bogotá and Tunja, historically the most important cities of the Altiplano. After the burning of the properties of AlbarracÃn, the name Ventaquemada ("burnt sale") was given to the town. History The area of Ventaquemada before the Spanish conquest was populated by the Muisca, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Colombia
The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 municipalities ('' municipios''). Each one of them is led by a mayor (''alcalde'') elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments. The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the ''Federación Colombiana de Municipios'' (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the constitutional right to free association to defend their common interests. Categories Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Article 7 http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=48267 the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenguazaque
Lenguazaque is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Lenguazaque is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at a distance of from the capital Bogotá.Official website Lenguazaque - accessed 07-05-2016 It borders in the north, Ubaté in the west, in the south and |
EfraÃm Rico
EfraÃm Rico Lizarazo (born December 3, 1967, in Villapinzón, Cundinamarca) is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 1998. He was nicknamed "El Cuerito" during his career. Career ;1988 :1st in General Classification Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica (CRC) ;1994 :3rd in Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia, Armenia (COL) :1st in Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia, Alto de Patios (COL) :5th in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) ;1995 :1st in Stage 1 Clásico RCN, Pereira (COL) :3rd in Stage 5 Clásico RCN, Mosquera (COL) :3rd in Stage 7 Clásico RCN, Duitama (COL) :9th in General Classification Clásico RCN (COL) :2nd in Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia, Buga (COL) :1st in National Championships, Road, Elite, Colombia (COL) ;1996 :7th in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia The Vuelta a Colombia (Spanish for ''Tour of Colombia'') is an annual cycling road race, run over many stages throughout different regions in Colombia and sometimes Ven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úmbita
Úmbita is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Úmbita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from department capital Tunja and borders Nuevo Colón and Tibaná in the north, Chinavita in the east, La Capilla and Tibiritá ( Cundinamarca) in the south and in the west Villapinzón (Cundinamarca) and Turmequé. The altitude within the municipality ranges from to . Etymology The name Úmbita is Chibcha and means "Your point, your summit, summit of the farmlands".Etymology Úmbita - Excelsio.net History Úmbita in the centuries before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores was inhabited by the |
Tibiritá
Tibirita is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Tibirita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. It borders Villapinzón in the north, in the east La Capilla ( Boyacá), in the south Guateque (Boyacá) and in the west Manta, Machetá and Chocontá.Official website Tibirita - accessed 07-05-2016 History The area of Tibiritá was populated by the before the in the 1530s. The village was ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyacá Department
Boyacá () is one of the thirty-two departments of Colombia, and the remnant of Boyacá State, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia". Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end of the department extends to the Magdalena River at the town of Puerto Boyacá. Boyacá borders to the north with the Department of Santander, to the northeast with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Norte de Santander, to the east with the departments of Arauca and Casanare. To the south, Boyacá borders the department of Cundinamarca and to the west with the Department of Antioquia covering a total area of . The capital of Boyacá is the city of Tunja. Boyacá is known as "The Land of Freedom" because this region was the scene of a series of battles which led to Colombia's independence from Spain. The first one took place on 25 July 1819 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocontá
Chocontá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Almeidas Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. It is located on the Pan-American Highway The Pan-American Highway (french: (Auto)route panaméricaine/transaméricaine; pt, Rodovia/Auto-estrada Pan-americana; es, Autopista/Carretera/Ruta Panamericana) is a network of roads stretching across the Americas and measuring about in .... In 1938 Chocontá had a population of 2,041. Etymology In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Chocontá means: "Farmlands of the good ally" or "Garden of the neighbour".Official website Chocontá History Chocontá is located in the territories of the Muisca people, Muisca on the border between the area led by the ''cacique'' of Vélez, Santander, Vélez and the southern M ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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