CUNDINAMARCA DEPARTMENT

'Cundinamarca' is a department of Colombia, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".

Contents

Origin of the name

Geography

Provinces

Municipalities

References

External links

See also

Origin of the name

The name of Cundinamarca comes from 'Kundur marqa', an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua, used in pre-Colombian times by the natives of the 'Magdalena Valley' to refer to the nearby highlands, meaning '''Condor's Nest'''.

Geography

Most of Cundinamarca is on the Eastern Cordillera (''Cordillera Oriental''), just south of Boyacá, bordered by the Magdalena River on the west, reaching down into the Amazon River basin on the east, and bordering on Tolima to the south. The capital district of Bogotá is nearly completely surrounded by Cundinamarca territory, and indeed was formed by carving up Cundinamarca; between this and other divisions, the present department of Cundinamarca is much smaller than the original state.
The capital of Cundinamarca is Bogotá. This is a special case among Colombian departments, since Bogotá is not legally a part of Cundinamarca, yet it is the only department that has its capital designated by the Constitution (meaning that if the capital was to be ever moved, it would take a constitutional reform to do so, instead of a simple ordinance passed by the Cundinamarca Assembly). Also, in censuses, the populations for Bogotá and Cundinamarca are tabulated separately; otherwise, Cundinamarca's population would total 9.5 million.

''Entity''	''Population''	''Area (km²)''	''Density''
'''Cundinamarca''' (''excluding D.C.'')	2,349,578	22,623	104
'''Bogotá D.C.'''	7,117,984	1,587	4,485
'''Cundinamarca plus Bogotá'''	9,467,562	24,210	391

Provinces

Cundinamarca has 15 provinces
#Almeidas Province
#Upper Magdalena Province
#Lower Magdalena Province
#Gualivá Province
#Guavio Province
#Central Magdalena Province
#Medina Province of Cundinamarca
#Eastern Province of Cundinamarca
#Rionegro Province
#Central Savanna Province
#Western Savanna Province
#Soacha Province
#Sumapaz Province
#Tequendama Province
#Ubaté Province

Municipalities

Agua de Dios, Albán, Anapoima, Anolaima, Arbeláez, Beltrán, Bituima, 'Bogotá', Bojacá, Cabrera, Cachipay, Cajicá, Caparrapí, Caqueza, Carmen de Carupa, Chaguani, Chía, Chinauta, Chipaque, Choachí, Chocontá, Cogua, Cota, Cucunubá, El Colegio, El Peñón, El Rosal, Facatativá, Fomeque, Fosca, Funza, Fúquene, Fusagasugá, Gachala, Gachancipá, Gacheta, Gama, Girardot, Guachetá, Guaduas, Guasca, Guataqui, Guatavita, Guayabal de Síquima, Guayabetal, Gutierrez, Jerusalen, Junín, La Calera, La Mesa, La Palma, La Peña, La Vega, Lenguazaque, Machetá, Madrid, Manta, Medina, Mosquera, Nariño, Nemocón, Nilo, Cundinamarca, Nimaima, Nocaima, Ospina Perez, Pacho, Paime, Pandi, Paratebueno, Pasca, Puerto Salgar, Puli, Quebradanegra, Quetame, Quipile, Rafael Reyes, Ricaurte, San Bernardo, San Cayetano, San Francisco, San Juan Rioseco, Sasaima, Sesquilé, Sibaté, Silvania, Simijaca, Soacha, Sopó, Subachoque, Suesca, Supatá, Susa, Sutatausa, Tabio, Tausa, Tena, Tenjo, Tibacuy, Tibiritá, Tocaima, Tocancipá, Topaipí, Ubalá, Ubaque, Ubaté, Une, Útica, Vergara, Viani, Villagómez, Villapinzón, Villeta, Viotá, Yacopí, Zipacón, Zipaquirá

References

1. http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/regiones/cundinamarca/cundinamarca.pdf Population Statistics by DANE

External links

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See also

★ Postage stamps of Cundinamarca