Tequendama Province

For other uses, see Tequendama (disambiguation).

Tequendama Province Provincia de Tequendama
Province
View of La Mesa
Etymology: Tequendama
Location of Tequendama Province in Colombia
Coordinates: 4°37′58″N74°21′08″W / 4.63278°N 74.35222°W / 4.63278; -74.35222
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Capital	San Antonio del Tequendama
Municipalities	10
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (COT)
Indigenous groups	Panche Muisca

Tequendama Province is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia.

Etymology

The name Tequendama means in the Chibcha language of the Muisca; "he who precipitates downward". ^[1]

Subdivision

Tequendama Province comprises ten municipalities:

• San Antonio del Tequendama
• Anapoima
• Anolaima
• Apulo
• Cachipay
• El Colegio
• La Mesa
• Quipile
• Tena
• Viotá

References

1. (in Spanish) Etymology Tequendama Archived 2017-08-13 at the Wayback Machine

Panorama

Panorama of the Tena Valley, Tequendama Province