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Nocaima () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is the oldest European settlement in Colombia, and therefore of historical significance. Founded on June 8, 1605, it sits in the hills of the Andes, about 60 km outside Bogota, the current Capital of Colombia.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Nocaima
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Municipality and town
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Nocaima_2014.jpg
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Flag of Nocaima.svg
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Colombia - Cundinamarca - Nocaima.svg
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250px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the municipality and town of Gómez Plata in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
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Colombia
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250
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Location in Colombia
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Country
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Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Cundinamarca
Settlement.timezone
Colombia Standard Time
Settlement.utc_offset
-5

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Encyclopedic overview

Nocaima () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is the oldest European settlement in Colombia, and therefore of historical significance. Founded on June 8, 1605, it sits in the hills of the Andes, about 60 km outside Bogota, the current Capital of Colombia.

The official municipal website of Nocaima is found under http://nocaima-cundinamarca.gov.co/sitio.shtml

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nocaima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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