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San Antonio del Tequendama
Cundinamarcatown
San Antonio del Tequendama
Total population
11,870
Founded
1857
Air quality index
Demographic figures from DANE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
San Antonio del Tequendama is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Tequendama Province part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality is located along the Serranía de Subía in the Tena Valley and borders Tena and Bojacá in the north, Bojacá and Soacha in the east, La Mesa and El Colegio in the west and in the south Soacha and Granada.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
This municipality was formed on the site of Cubsió, a place of reunion of the Muisca originally from Bojacá and Serrezuela. Cubsió was already populated by indigenous peoples from the Herrera Period with the oldest evidence dated at 1865 years BP (2nd century AD) of a site a few meters from the current course of the Bogotá River. Around 1470 the terrains of San Antonio de Tequendama were ruled by the cacique of Fusagasugá, who fought with the Panche against Saguamanchica in the Battle of Pasca. In 1539, conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada organised an expedition down the Bogotá River where he sent his soldier Juan de Céspedes. The modern town was founded by Críspulo Corredor in 1857. This municipality has changed names multiples times, San Antonio, San Antonio de Tena, and its actual name San Antonio del Tequendama.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves8,104
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis (P.L.S.Müller, 1776) · Aves6,750
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata (Des Murs, 1847) · Aves6,484
- Southern House-WrenTroglodytes musculus J.F.Naumann, 1823 · Aves6,277
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus Vieillot, 1819 · Aves6,251
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves5,902
- Bare-faced IbisPhimosus infuscatus (Lichtenstein, 1823) · Aves5,839
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves5,744
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.9 — 2023-08-1711 km NW of Villavicencio, Colombia
- M 5.6 — 2023-08-173 km E of Restrepo, Colombia
- M 6.1 — 2023-08-1710 km E of El Calvario, Colombia
- M 4.8 — 2023-05-14Colombia
- M 3.8 — 2023-02-074 km NE of Pasca, Colombia
- M 4.4 — 2022-06-129 km N of Restrepo, Colombia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Cundinamarca
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of San Antonio del Tequendama, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Official Identifiers
DANE — Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística
- DANE / DIVIPOLA
- 25645
- Wikidata
- Q1525530
DANE code via Wikidata P7325
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • DANE — Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística — DANE code via Wikidata P7325