Articles in Colombia ( 1,337 )

1,337 Articles of interest in Colombia

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  • District University of Bogotá

    The Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Spanish: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas) is a public, coeducational, research university based Bogotá, Colombia. It is the second most important public higher education institution …

  • Chiquinquirá

    Chiquinquirá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province.

  • Cajicá

    Cajicá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca, 39 km (24 mi) north of the capital Bogotá. It is located in the province of Central Savannah, being the third most populous municipality in the province after Zipaquirá…

  • Acandí

    Acandí is a town in Colombia situated at the northern end of the department of Chocóin northwest of Colombia, bordering the Caribbean Sea. It is located 366 km from the provincial capital, Quibdó. Its average temperature is 28 degrees Celsius. It wa…

  • 93 Park

    93 Park or 93rd Street Park (Parque de la calle 93, commonly known as Parque de la 93) is a commercial and recreational park located over the 93 Street in the north of Bogota, Colombia. Is one of Bogota's most popular shopping, night club and restau…

  • Yondó

    Yondó is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The first settlers arrived around 10,000 BC, archaeological site. The town was founded in 1941 for lodge the, at that time, discovered Casabe oilfield's workers.

  • Urban water management in Bogotá, Colombia

    Water management in Bogotá, Colombia, a metro area of more than 8 million inhabitants, faces three main challenges: improving the quality of the highly polluted Bogotá River, controlling floods and revitalizing riparian areas along the river. The ma…

  • Turbaco

    Turbaco is a municipality in the Bolívar Department of Colombia. It is about 20 minutes from Cartagena de Indias and is one of Bolívar's most organized municipalities. Turbaco is known for its famous "Fiesta de Toros" in December to celebrate the ne…

  • Ritacuba Blanco

    Ritacuba Blanco is the highest peak of Cordillera Oriental, in the Andes Mountains of Colombia. It's also named Ritak'uwa, an ancient name from the U'wa indigenous people that live in the lowlands of the National Park Sierra Nevada del Cocuy y Güicá…

  • Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino

    La Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino (Spanish for Quinta of Saint Peter of Alexandria) is an hacienda or quinta built in the 17th century, famous for being the death place of Simón Bolívar on December 17, 1830. At that time, the estate produced rum, h…

  • Puracé

    Puracé is a stratovolcano located in the Puracé National Natural Park in the Cauca Department, Colombia. It is one of the most active volcanoes in Colombia.

  • Piedecuesta

    Piedecuesta (Spanish pronunciation: [pjeðeˈkwesta], officially Villa de San Carlos del Pie de la Cuesta) is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia, South America.

  • Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab

    The Mosque of Omar Ibn Al-Khattab (Spanish transcription Omar Iban Al-Jattab) is a mosque in Maicao, La Guajira, Colombia. It is the third largest mosque in Latin America. It is locally known as “La Mezquita” (“The Mosque”), simply because it is the…

  • Madrid, Cundinamarca

    Madrid (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈðɾið]) is a town and municipality in the Department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The city is located at 19 miles from Bogotá City.

  • Guaduas

    Guaduas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡaðwas]) is a town in Colombia, in the Lower Magdalena Province department of Cundinamarca, about 117 km from Bogotá. It is an agricultural and tourist center of some importance with a population of about 33,000. It…

  • Farallones de Cali

    Farallones de Cali is a cluster of mountains in the West Andes of Colombia. It is located west of the city of Cali and gives rise to the many of the rivers that provide water and electricity to Cali. The PNN Farallones de Cali encompasses 150,000 ha…

  • Estadio Palogrande

    Palogrande Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Manizales, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer) matches. With renovations made for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia the stadium capacity dropped to 32,000 people.

  • Coveñas

    Coveñas is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. Established in the sixteenth century as a port for slave traders, then become an oil port in the twentieth century .

  • Chinchiná, Caldas

    Chinchiná (estimated population 84,000) is a municipality located in the department of Caldas in Colombia, 17 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Manizales. Chinchiná is rich in character and beautiful landscapes.

  • Amacayacu National Park

    Amacayacu National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu) is a national park located along the Amazon River in the Amazonas Department in the south of Colombia. The park was created in 1975. The word "Amacayacu" means "River of th…

  • Zarzal

    Zarzal (Spanish pronunciation: [saɾˈsal]) is a town and municipality located in the north of the department of Valle del Cauca, in Colombia. Its economy is based primarily on the extensive cultivation of sugar cane, on small and medium enterprises i…