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Medellín has 16 comunas (districts), 5 corregimientos (townships), and 271 barrios (neighborhoods). The metropolitan area of Medellín lies within the Aburrá valley at an elevation of 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level and is bisected by the Medellín River (also called Porce), which flows northward.…

Average elevation: 6,883 ft

The city is located in the center of Colombia, on a high plateau known as the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes. Its altitude averages 2,640 meters (8,660 ft) above sea level. Subdivided into 20 localities, Bogotá has an area of 1,587 square…

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Santa Bárbara is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia. Santa Barbara is located in a valley about 1.5 hours drive from Medellín by car or bus. It lies at an elevation of 1,800 m (5,900 ft) above the sea level.

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This municipality has an area of 1,813 km2, with an altitude of five meters above sea level. Located at a distance of 580 kilometers from Popayán, to the west of the Cauca department, it limits to the north with López de Micay, to the east with El Tambo, Cauca and Argelia, Cauca, to the south with Guapi and…

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Toledo is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Northern Antioquia, it lies at an altitude of 1,850 m (6,070 ft).

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Manizales is the capital city of one of the smallest Colombian departments. The city is described as having an "abrupt topography", and lies on the Colombian Central Mountain Range (part of the longest continental mountain range, the Andes), with a great deal of ridgelines and steep slopes, which, combined…

Average elevation: 6,594 ft

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The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (English: Snow-Covered Mountain Range of Saint Martha) is an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia, separate from the Andes range that runs through the north of the country. Reaching an elevation of 5,700 m (18,700 ft) just 42 km (26 mi) from the Caribbean coast, the…

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Numerous minor tremors and ash emissions since March 2006 culminated on 12 July 2006 in three explosive eruptions, producing an ash and gas column reaching an altitude of 8 kilometres (5.0 mi). Rock falls and pyroclastic flows were reported from towns as distant as Consacá, 11.4 kilometres (7.1 mi) west of…

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Pico Cristóbal Colón is possibly the highest mountain in Colombia, with a reported height of 5,775 metres (18,947 ft). Pico Cristóbal Colón and Pico Simón Bolívar are the two highest peaks in Colombia and almost equal in elevation. One of the two mountains is therefore the fifth most prominent in the…

Average elevation: 16,768 ft

It is situated at the north end of San Andrés Island in the Caribbean Sea, and forms part of the Colombian archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina. It is located about 710 km (440 mi) northwest of mainland Colombia, and 180 km (110 mi) off the eastern coast of Nicaragua. Spread across an…

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Andes is a municipality and town in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the sub-region of Southwestern Antioquia, it is located on the western Colombian Andes mountain range. Andes was founded on 13 March 1852 by Pedro Antonio Restrepo Escobar. Its elevation is 1,360 metres above sea level with an…

Average elevation: 5,115 ft

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Leticia (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈtisja]) is the southernmost city in the Republic of Colombia, capital of the department of Amazonas, Colombia's southernmost town (4.09° south 69.57° west) and one of the major ports on the Amazon River. It has an elevation of 96 meters (315') above sea level and an…

Average elevation: 233 ft

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The city of Rionegro is located at 6°9′18″N 75°22′48″W / 6.15500°N 75.38000°W / 6.15500; -75.38000, at an average elevation of 2,125 metres (6,972 ft) above sea level. The average annual precipitation varies between 1,800 and 2,500 millimetres (71 and 98 in) with an average temperature of…

Average elevation: 7,323 ft

Andes is a municipality and town in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the sub-region of Southwestern Antioquia, it is located on the western Colombian Andes mountain range. Andes was founded on 13 March 1852 by Pedro Antonio Restrepo Escobar. Its elevation is 1,360 metres above sea level with an…

Average elevation: 5,115 ft

Both Monserrate and its neighbor Guadalupe Hill are icons of Bogota's cityscape. The hill is a tourist attraction with access by funicular or cable car (both of which charge a fee) or the pilgrimage hiking trail (free). The hiking path is 2.4 km (1.5 mi), where you can walk up the steep hill on a journey that…

Average elevation: 9,462 ft

The city is in the eastern part of the Department of North Santander, in the Cordillera Oriental, close to the border with Venezuela. The city's area is 110 square kilometres (42 square miles) and its elevation is 320 metres (1,050 feet) above sea level.

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The summit of the volcano has steep slopes inclining from 20 to 30 degrees. At lower elevations, the slopes become less steep; their inclination is about 10 degrees. From there on, foothills stretch almost to the edge of the Magdalena River, north of the volcano and the Cauca River to the west. On the two…

Average elevation: 16,795 ft

Tunja has a population of 172,548 inhabitants according to the 2018 Census. 0.1% of the city is indigenous, 0.4% is black, and 99.5% is white and Mestizo. It is located in central Colombia, at an elevation ranging from approximately 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) to 2,900 metres (9,500 ft). The city centre is at an…

Average elevation: 9,265 ft

The Cauca Valley montane forests ecoregion covers the western slope of the range. The Magdalena Valley montane forests cover the eastern slopes and the northern end of the cordillera. The Northern Andean páramo covers the highest elevations.

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Palomino is located in the municipality of Dibulla part of the department of Guajira and is only 2 meters above sea level. It is one of the five towns that form the municipality of Dibulla. It is located on the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Colombia. The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, declared as…

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Cisneros is a town and municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Northeastern Antioquia, it lies at an altitude of 1,050 m (3,440 ft) above sea level.

Average elevation: 4,724 ft

Pico Simón Bolívar is possibly the highest mountain in Colombia, with an estimated height of 5,720 metres (18,770 ft). Pico Bolívar and the neighbouring summit of Pico Cristóbal Colón are the two highest peaks in Colombia and are very nearly equal in elevation. The height difference is about 7 meters. For…

Average elevation: 16,975 ft

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The city of Rionegro is located at 6°9′18″N 75°22′48″W / 6.15500°N 75.38000°W / 6.15500; -75.38000, at an average elevation of 2,125 metres (6,972 ft) above sea level. The average annual precipitation varies between 1,800 and 2,500 millimetres (71 and 98 in) with an average temperature of…

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Támesis is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia. Located at an elevation of 1,638 m (5,374 ft) above sea level, it was established in 1858. The local economy is based on agriculture.

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The summit of the volcano has steep slopes inclining from 20 to 30 degrees. At lower elevations, the slopes become less steep; their inclination is about 10 degrees. From there on, foothills stretch almost to the edge of the Magdalena River, north of the volcano and the Cauca River to the west. On the two…

Average elevation: 16,795 ft

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The municipality of Caucasia is located at the northern department of Antioquia, on the border with the department of Córdoba and the subregion of Bajo Cauca Antioquia. It lies at an altitude of 150 m (490 ft) above sea level. Its territory is a flat area with small ridges in the north and west and south. It…

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The municipality of Maicao borders to the north with the municipalities of Uribia and Manaure; to the east with the Venezuela; to the south with the municipality of Albania and to the west with the municipality of Riohacha covering a total area of 1,782 km2 and at altitude over sea level of 52 m.

Average elevation: 167 ft

Its topography varies from flat reliefs and slight hills to places with steep slopes. Its most notable heights are those of Piedras Blancas (2,650 mamsl) in La Romera, the Cuchilla Santa Teresa (2,200 mamsl), the hill of Los Gallinazos in Pan de Azúcar (1,800 mamsl), the hill Morrón, La Siberia and the Ancón.

Average elevation: 5,863 ft

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Most of the city lies between 2,520 metres (8,270 ft) and 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) elevation above sea level, while some settlement exceeds 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) on the flanks of the Galeras Volcano, which stands at 4,276 metres (14,029 ft).

Average elevation: 8,753 ft