Almeidas Province (Spanish: Provincia de Almeidas, Spanish pronunciation: [alˈmejðas]) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Almeidas borders to the east with the Boyacá Department to the north with the Ubaté Province, to the west with the Central Savanna Province and to the south with the Guavio Province.
Almeidas Province
Provincia de Almeidas | |
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| Etymology: Vicente & Ambrosio Almeyda | |
 Location of Almeidas Province in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 5°08′48″N 73°40′57″W / 5.14667°N 73.68250°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Capital | Chocontá |
| Municipalities | 7 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,259.65 km2 (486.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 89,938 |
| • Density | 71/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (COT) |
| Indigenous groups | Muisca |
Subdivision edit
Almeidas is subdivided into 7 municipalities:[1]
| Municipality bold is capital |
Area km2 |
Elevation (m) urban centre |
Population 2015 |
Founded | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chocontá | 301.1 |
2655 |
25,257 |
1563 |
 |
| Machetá | 229.35 |
2094 |
6316 |
1593 |
 |
| Manta | 105 |
1924 |
4719 |
1773 |
 |
| Sesquilé | 141 |
2595 |
13,636 |
1600 |
 |
| Suesca | 177 |
2584 |
17,318 |
1537 |
 |
| Tibiritá | 57.2 |
1980 |
2950 |
1593 |
 |
| Villapinzón | 249 |
2715 |
19,742 |
1776 |
 |
| Total | 1259.65 |
89,938 |
References edit
- ^ (in Spanish) Orden en las provincias de Cundinamarca - El Tiempo
External links edit
- (in Spanish) Almeidas Province in Cundinamarca
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