Quipile
Sign in to saveQuipile is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Tequendama Province of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality borders Bituima and Vianí in the north, Jerusalén and Anapoima in the south, Anolaima, Cachipay and La Mesa in the east and San Juan de Rioseco and Pulí in the west. The urban centre is located at an altitude of at a distance of from the capital Bogotá.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Quipile
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- Municipality and town
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- Flag of Quipile (Cundinamarca).svg
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- Escudo de Quipile.svg
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- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Quipile.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
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- Colombia
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- 250
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Department
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- Cundinamarca
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- Province
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- Tequendama Province
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- Mayor
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- Pedro Luis Aponte Castro(2016-2019)
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- Founded
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Encyclopedic overview
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Quipile is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Tequendama Province of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality borders Bituima and Vianí in the north, Jerusalén and Anapoima in the south, Anolaima, Cachipay and La Mesa in the east and San Juan de Rioseco and Pulí in the west. The urban centre is located at an altitude of at a distance of from the capital Bogotá.
== Etymology == The name Quipile comes from the Cariban language of the Panche and means "strong and superior place". It is derived from Quipili, the name of the cacique of the Panche.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quipile” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations