Tequendama Province

Province in Cundinamarca, Colombia

Tequendama Province is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia.

Tequendama Province
Provincia de Tequendama
View of La Mesa
View of La Mesa
Etymology: Tequendama
Location of Tequendama Province in Colombia
Location of Tequendama Province in Colombia
Coordinates: 4°37′58″N 74°21′08″W / 4.63278°N 74.35222°W / 4.63278; -74.35222
CountryColombia
DepartmentCundinamarca
CapitalSan Antonio del Tequendama
Municipalities10
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (COT)
Indigenous groupsPanche
Muisca

Etymology

The name Tequendama means in the Chibcha language of the Muisca; "he who precipitates downward".[1]

Subdivision

Tequendama Province comprises ten municipalities:

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Tequendama

Panorama

Panorama of the Tena Valley, Tequendama Province