Piedecuesta
Sign in to savePiedecuesta (, officially Villa de San Carlos del Pie de la Cuesta) is a city and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia, South America. The city has a population of about 150,000. It is part of the metropolitan zone of Bucaramanga, which is the fifth largest urban area of Colombia by population.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities of Santander Department.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Piedecuesta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Piedecuesta Santander Colombia.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Piedecuesta (Santander).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Piedecuesta, departamento de Santander Colombia.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Santander - Piedecuesta.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Piedecuesta in the Santander Department of Colombia.
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Santander Department
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 484.6
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 11.2
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020 est.
- Settlement.population_total
- 182959
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Sede Electrónica Alcaldía de Piedecuesta
Sede Electrónica Alcaldía de Piedecuesta que reúne todos los trámites y servicios en línea para los ciudadanos
alcaldiadepiedecuesta.gov.co →Link to the official site · 30,368 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Santander Department
- Population
- 117364
- Area
- 380
- Elevation
- 1005
- Official website
- www.alcaldiadepiedecuesta.gov.co
- Image
- Piedecuesta Santander Colombia.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Piedecuesta (, officially Villa de San Carlos del Pie de la Cuesta) is a city and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia, South America. The city has a population of about 150,000. It is part of the metropolitan zone of Bucaramanga, which is the fifth largest urban area of Colombia by population.
==Geography== Piedecuesta is situated in the Rio de Oro valley. One of its most notable landmarks is the Cantera's Hill, on top of which sits a large statue of the Virgin Mary (known locally as Cantera's virgin). Other landmarks include Guatiguara's valley, the Saints' Plateau, part of Chicamocha Canyon, and Ruitoque Plateau.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Piedecuesta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations