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Also known as Nemocon

Nemocón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Nemocón, famous for its salt mine, was an important village in the Muisca Confederation, the country in the central Colombian Andes before the arrival of the Spanish.

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Nemocón
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Flag of Nemocón (Cundinamarca).svg
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Nemocon, Colombia (5838003181).jpg
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Street in Nemocón
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Colombia - Cundinamarca - Nemocón.svg
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250px
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Location of the town and municipality of Nemocón in the Cundinamarca Department
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Colombia
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300
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Location in Colombia
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Country
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Departamento
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Cundinamarca
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Province
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Central Savanna Province
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Mayor
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Julián Alfredo Rodríguez Montaño (2020-2023)
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Founded

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Area
98.1
Elevation
2600
Image
Paque Nemocón Cundinamarca.JPG
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Nemocón
inception
1600-07-26
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18 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Prehistory
  • Herrera Period
  • Checua
  • Muisca
  • Colonial period
  • Nemocón today
  • Tourism
  • Ferias
  • Born in Nemocón
  • Trivia
  • Climate
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Nemocón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Nemocón, famous for its salt mine, was an important village in the Muisca Confederation, the country in the central Colombian Andes before the arrival of the Spanish.

The municipality is situated in the northern part of the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with its urban centre at an altitude of and from the capital Bogotá. Nemocón is the northeasternmost municipality of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá and the Bogotá River originates close to Nemocón. The median temperature of Nemocón is 12.8 °C. The municipality borders Tausa in the north, Zipaquirá and Gachancipá in the south, Suesca in the east, and Cogua in the west.

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