Fusagasugá
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Fusagasugá (; ) or Fusa is a city and municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, in central Colombia. It is located in the warm valley between the rivers Cuja and Panches, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America. The municipality has a population of 138,498 and the urban centre a population of 114,722 (2018 census) . The municipality itself covers an area of .
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Fusagasugá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and city
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- FusagasugaCity.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Palmas Avenue, Center
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Fusagasugá (Cundinamarca).svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100px
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Fusagasugá.svg
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100px
- Settlement.nickname
- The Garden City of Colombia
- Settlement.motto
- Tierra Grata Pleasing Earth
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Fusagasugá.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the town and municipality of Fusagasugá in Cundinamarca Department.
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- Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Colombia
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- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Andean Region
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Official name
- Fusagasugá
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cundinamarca Department
- Population
- 170241
- Area
- 239
- Elevation
- 1765
- Capital of
- Sumapaz Province
- Official website
- www.alcaldiafusagasuga.gov.co
- Image
- CATEDRAL NUESTRA SEÑORA DE BELÉN.JPG
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- Commons category
- Fusagasugá
- inception
- 1592-02-05
- native label
- Fusagasugá
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Location
- Water supply
- Demography
- Religion
- Government
- Administrative Division
- Communes
- Rural Division
- Economy
- Education
- Tourism
- Sports
- Born in Fusagasugá
- See also
- References
- Notes
- External links
Fusagasugá (; ) or Fusa is a city and municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, in central Colombia. It is located in the warm valley between the rivers Cuja and Panches, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America. The municipality has a population of 138,498 and the urban centre a population of 114,722 (2018 census) . The municipality itself covers an area of .
It was founded in 1592 by Spanish priests. The town located some 56 kilometers from the capital, Bogotá; borders Pasca, Arbeláez, Tibacuy, Silvania and other municipalities of Sumapaz. Its elevation is above sea level, and the average temperature .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fusagasugá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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