Suesca
Sign in to saveSuesca is a town and municipality in the Almeidas Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. It is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, north of the capital Bogotá. Suesca forms the northern edge of the Bogotá savanna and is a scenic countryside town which is well known because its landscape attracts devotees of rock climbing, trekking, and rafting. It is surrounded by dairy farms and flower plantations. The municipality borders Cucunubá and Lenguazaque in the north, Sesquilé and Gachancipá in the south, Chocontá in the east and Nemocón in the west.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Suesca
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- Municipality and town
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- Plaza, Suesca.jpg
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- Central square of Suesca
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- Flag of Suesca (Cundinamarca).svg
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- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Suesca.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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- Almeidas Province
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Orlando Quilaguy Mestizo(2016-2019)
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 17318
- Area
- 177
- Elevation
- 2580
- Official website
- www.suesca-cundinamarca.gov.co
- Image
- Plaza, Suesca.jpg
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- inception
- 1537-03-14
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Suesca is a town and municipality in the Almeidas Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. It is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, north of the capital Bogotá. Suesca forms the northern edge of the Bogotá savanna and is a scenic countryside town which is well known because its landscape attracts devotees of rock climbing, trekking, and rafting. It is surrounded by dairy farms and flower plantations. The municipality borders Cucunubá and Lenguazaque in the north, Sesquilé and Gachancipá in the south, Chocontá in the east and Nemocón in the west.
== Etymology == The name Suesca is derived from the Chibcha word Suejica, Sueica or Suesuca, which means "Rock of the birds" or "Tail of the macaw".
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