Nocaima
Sign in to saveNocaima () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is the oldest European settlement in Colombia, and therefore of historical significance. Founded on June 8, 1605, it sits in the hills of the Andes, about 60 km outside Bogota, the current Capital of Colombia.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nocaima
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nocaima_2014.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Nocaima.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Nocaima.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Gómez Plata in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cundinamarca
- Settlement.timezone
- Colombia Standard Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -5
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cundinamarca Department
- Elevation
- 1105
- Official website
- www.nocaima-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Nocaima 2014.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nocaima
- language of work or name
- Cariban
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Encyclopedic overview
Nocaima () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is the oldest European settlement in Colombia, and therefore of historical significance. Founded on June 8, 1605, it sits in the hills of the Andes, about 60 km outside Bogota, the current Capital of Colombia.
The official municipal website of Nocaima is found under http://nocaima-cundinamarca.gov.co/sitio.shtml
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nocaima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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