Villapinzón
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Villapinzón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Almeidas Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is situated at an elevation of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. Villapinzón borders Ventaquemada (Boyacá) and Lenguazaque in the north, Chocontá, Tibiritá and La Capilla in the south, Chocontá and Lenguazaque in the west and Ventaquemada, Turmequé and Úmbita in the east. The municipality is located in the uppermost part of the Bogotá River Basin; the origin of the river is within the municipality Villapinzón at an elevat
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Villapinzón
- Settlement.other_name
- Hato Viejo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Iglesia de Villapinzón, Cundinamarca.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Villapinzón
- Settlement.image_flag
- Villapinzón Flag.PNG
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Villapinzon.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Villapinzón.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
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- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cundinamarca
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Almeidas Province
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- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cundinamarca Department
- Population
- 21049
- Area
- 249
- Elevation
- 2715
- Body of water
- Bogotá River
- Official website
- www.villapinzon-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Villapinzon foto altamira a centro.jpg
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- language of work or name
- Indo-European
- Commons category
- Villapinzón
- inception
- 1776-10-14
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Born in Villapinzón
- Gallery
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Villapinzón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Almeidas Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is situated at an elevation of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. Villapinzón borders Ventaquemada (Boyacá) and Lenguazaque in the north, Chocontá, Tibiritá and La Capilla in the south, Chocontá and Lenguazaque in the west and Ventaquemada, Turmequé and Úmbita in the east. The municipality is located in the uppermost part of the Bogotá River Basin; the origin of the river is within the municipality Villapinzón at an elevation of .
== Etymology == Villapinzón was named Hato Viejo for most of its history. In 1903, the name was changed to "Pinzón", honouring Próspero Pinzón Romero, commander of the army and Minister of War of Colombia under Colombian president José Manuel Marroquín. Próspero Pinzón Romero was born in Hato Viejo. A year later, it became Villapinzón.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Villapinzón” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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