Tequendama Province is one of the 15 provinces in the

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Etymology

The name ''Tequendama'' means in the

Chibcha language Chibcha, Mosca, Muisca, Muysca (*/ˈmɨska/ * �mʷɨska, or Muysca de Bogotá is a language spoken by the Muisca people, one of the many indigenous cultures of the Americas. The Muisca inhabit the Altiplano Cundiboyacense of what today is th ...

of the Muisca; "he who precipitates downward".Etymology Tequendama
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Subdivision

Tequendama Province comprises ten municipalities: *

San Antonio del Tequendama San Antonio del Tequendama is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Tequendama Province part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality is located along the ''Serranía de Subía'' in the Tena Valley and borders Tena and Bojacá ...

* Anapoima *

Anolaima Anolaima () is a municipality and township of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is located in the providence of Tequendama at West from Bogotá in between the cities of Facatativá and La Mesa. Anolaima is known as the Fruit Capita ...

* Apulo * Cachipay *

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* La Mesa * Quipile *

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References

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Provinces of Cundinamarca Department {{Cundinamarca-geo-stub