Villapinzón

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Villapinzón

Total population

17,187

Founded

1776

Air quality index

13Good

Elevation2715 m

Land area249 km²

Coordinates5.22°, -73.59°

Demographic figures from DANE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Villapinzón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Almeidas Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is situated at an elevation of 2,715 metres (8,907 ft) on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, at a distance of 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the capital Bogotá. Villapinzón borders Ventaquemada (Boyacá) and Lenguazaque in the north, Chocontá, Tibiritá and La Capilla in the south, Chocontá and Lenguazaque in the west and Ventaquemada, Turmequé and Úmbita in the east. The municipality is located in the uppermost part of the Bogotá River Basin; the origin of the river is within the municipality Villapinzón at an elevation of 3,400 metres (11,200 ft).

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Luis Antonio Escobar

Colombian composer (1925–1993)

Próspero Pinzón

Colombian politician

Rodrigo Contreras

Colombian cyclist

E

Efraín Rico

road cyclist from Colombia

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Cundinamarca

• Soatama
  6.5 mi away · pop. 8,000
• Resguardo Arriba
  7.5 mi away
• Chocontá
  8.3 mi away · pop. 20,568
• Machetá
  9.8 mi away · pop. 6,124
• Lenguazaque
  10.3 mi away · pop. 10,080
• El Carrizal
  12.2 mi away
• Cucunubá
  12.3 mi away · pop. 7,626
• Tibirita
  13.1 mi away · pop. 3,158
• Guachetá
  13.1 mi away · pop. 13,285
• Manta
  15.1 mi away · pop. 3,737
• Tausavita
  16.1 mi away
• Suesca
  16.5 mi away · pop. 17,021

Browse all places in Cundinamarca →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Villapinzón

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Seen 2026-04-18

Superciliaried Hemispingus

Thlypopsis superciliaris

Seen 2026-04-18

Parrotweed

Bocconia frutescens

Seen 2026-04-18

Black-backed Grosbeak

Pheucticus aureoventris

Seen 2026-04-18

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Seen 2026-04-18

purple foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Seen 2026-04-18

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Seen 2026-04-18

Rufous-browed Conebill

Conirostrum rufum

Seen 2026-04-18

Tillandsia biflora

Tillandsia biflora

Seen 2026-04-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Villapinzón, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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