Tocaima

Tocaima () refers to both a city and a municipality in Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tocaima
Settlement.settlement_type: City and Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Iglesia Tocaima.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Tocaima.svg
Settlement.flag_alt: Flag of Tocaima
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Tocaima.svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tocaima.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the town and municipality of Tocaima within Cundinamarca Department
Settlement.pushpin_map: Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type

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City
History
Notable people
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Tocaima () refers to both a city and a municipality in Cundinamarca, Colombia.

==City== The city of Tocaima was founded on March 20, 1544 as San Dionisio de los Caballeros de Tocaima by the Spanish explorer Hernán Venegas Carrillo. This city is most well known for being a vacation site during religious holidays, especially for college students from Bogotá and other surrounding areas.