Guaduas (Cundinamarca, Colombia)
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Name (Latin)
Guaduas (Cundinamarca, Colombia)
Other forms of name
Las Guaduas (Cundinamarca, Colombia)
Coordinates
-74.598056 -74.598056 5.069444 5.069444 (gooearth )
Associated country
Colombia
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Hincapié Espinosa, A. Crónicas municipales, 1990- :v. 1, p. 10 (Guaduas; villa de Guaduas) p. 12 (Las Guaduas) p. 264 (municipio de Guaduas) p. 270 (departamento de Cundinamarca)
- BGN gaz. Colombia, 1988(Guaduas; admn2 5p0s15ʹN 74p0s40ʹW; also lists: ppl 5p0s04ʹN 74p0s36ʹW)
- Inst. Geog. "Agustín Codazzi." Dic. geog. de Colombia, 1971(Guaduas; municipality in the Department of Cundinamarca; coordinates of the capital 5p0s04ʹN 74p0s36ʹW)
Wikipedia description:
Guaduas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡaðwas]) is a municipality and town in Colombia, in the Lower Magdalena Province department of Cundinamarca, about 117 km from Bogotá. It is an agricultural and tourist center of some importance with a population of about 33,000 in the municipality. Its name refers to a type of bamboo cane. It is one of the cities on the Bogotá-Medellín highway. Its main plaza is featured on the Colombian ten-thousand pesos bill, and is one of the seats of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas
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