Rionegro () is a town and municipality in the department of
Santander in northeastern
Colombia. The urban centre of Rionegro is located at an altitude of in the
Eastern Ranges
The Eastern Ranges is an Australian rules football team in the NAB League, the Victorian statewide under-18s competition.
The club is a founding member of the competition (1992) and has produced several players for the Australian Football Le ...
of the Colombian
Andes
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, north of the departmental capital
Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga () is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and has the ninth-largest population in the country, with ...
. The municipality is named after the
Río Negro.
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References
Municipalities of Santander Department
Populated places established in 1805
1805 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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