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Bucaramanga is located on a plateau in the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes, and many residents occupy unstable lands descending steeply from the meseta. Westbound of it, the Rio de Oro Canyon is located at an altitude of 600 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level. Eastbound, the Andean Range rises up in…

Average elevation: 3,284 ft

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Gachantivá is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Gachantivá is located at altitudes ranging from 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) to 3,300 metres (10,800 ft) on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and borders Villa de Leyva in the south, Santa Sofía in the west,…

Average elevation: 7,759 ft

Ipiales is a city and Catholic bishopric in Nariño Department, southern Colombia, near the border with Ecuador. It is located at around 0°49′49″N 77°38′40″W / 0.83028°N 77.64444°W / 0.83028; -77.64444, with an elevation of about 2950 m. Ipiales is located on the high plateau called…

Average elevation: 9,521 ft

The municipality has an area of 219.23 km2. Urban area is 2.44 km2. Rural area is 216.79 km2. It varies in altitude between 1000 m above sea level at the confluence of the Quindío y Barragán rivers to 3667 m above sea level in the El Campanario highland area.

Average elevation: 7,051 ft

It was founded in 1592 by Spanish priests. The town located some 56 kilometers from the capital, Bogotá; borders Pasca, Arbeláez, Tibacuy, Silvania and other municipalities of Sumapaz. Its elevation is 5,669 feet (1,728 m) above sea level, and the average temperature 20 °C (68 °F).

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The first city founded by conquistadors in mainland America was Santa María la Antigua del Darién, founded by Vasco Núñez de Balboa in 1510 and disestablished in 1524, just 14 years later. The department was created in 1944. Its low population, mountainous and inhospitable topography, and distance from…

Average elevation: 1,565 ft

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Filandia is the northernmost town of the Department of Quindío. The town is located on the west slope of the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes, on the Alto Cauca basin and the Rio La Vieja sub-basin. The main urban area is located at an altitude of 1923 metres above sea level and the altitude range of…

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La Plata is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia, with a municipal population of 61,026 (2018 census) including the rural area, situated at an altitude of 1,050 m. It is located 122 km away from Neiva, 147 km from the city of Popayán and 210 km from the town of San Agustín.

Average elevation: 5,089 ft

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Comuna 13's geography has played a role in how criminal actors took advantage of the commune as a strategic location, using elevation to better survey the movement of police and rival groups. The elevation additionally played a historical role, as Comuna 13 began as a farming community.

Average elevation: 5,620 ft

Average elevation: 787 ft

Ábrego (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈaβɾeɣo]) is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of Norte de Santander. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of 1,398 metres (4,587 ft) in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.

Average elevation: 5,108 ft

Líbano is located in the Cordillera Central, east of Nevado del Ruiz. The town is at an altitude of 1,565 metres (5,135 ft) above sea level, putting it in the tierra templada, or temperate zone, of Colombia. The area is hilly and heavily forested where it is not used for agriculture. Agriculture in the area…

Average elevation: 5,535 ft

Gómez Plata has a cool tropical rainforest climate (Af) due to altitude. It has very heavy rainfall year round.

Average elevation: 5,394 ft

Santo Domingo is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Northeastern Antioquia, it lies at an altitude of 1,975 m (6,480 ft) above sea level.

Average elevation: 5,384 ft

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Ráquira, is a municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province. Ráquira is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the urban center at an altitude of 2,150 metres (7,050 ft). It borders Tinjacá and Sutamarchán in the north, Guachetá, Cundinamarca…

Average elevation: 8,783 ft

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Los Katíos National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Los Katíos) is a protected area located in northwest Colombia which covers about 720 km2 (280 sq mi). The elevation ranges between 50 and 600 m (160 and 1,970 ft). It is a part of the Darién Gap, a densely forested area shared by…

Average elevation: 479 ft

Providencia's maximum elevation is 360 metres (1,180 ft) above sea level. The smaller Santa Catalina Island to the northwest is connected by a 100-metre (330 ft) footbridge to its larger sister Providencia Island. Providencia Island has an area of 17 square kilometres (6.6 sq mi); the two islands cover an area…

Average elevation: 108 ft

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With law 61 of 1985, the Colombian Congress adopted the Quindío wax palm tree, Ceroxylon quindiuense, a local endangered species adapted to high altitudes, as the National Tree. As ratified on September 16, 1985, by the then president of Colombia, Belisario Betancur, the law states: "The species commonly…

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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 meters (4,900 feet) above sea level and is bisected by the Medellín River (also called Porce), which flows northward.…

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Garagoa (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡaɾaˈɣoa]) is a town and municipality in Colombia, located in the Boyacá Department. It covers an area of 191.75 km2 and the urban centre is located at an altitude of 1,650 metres (5,410 ft) above sea level. Parts of the municipality reach altitudes of 3,050 metres (10,010…

Average elevation: 6,522 ft

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Yumbo has a relatively dry but extremely foggy and sunless tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) not unlike the climate of Bogotá except substantially hotter due to the lower elevation.

Average elevation: 4,104 ft

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Yaguará (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝaɣwaˈɾa]) is a town and municipality in the Huila Department, Colombia. The urban centre is located at an elevation of 650 metres (2,130 ft) in the Magdalena River Valley and the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders Teruel and Palermo in the…

Average elevation: 2,762 ft

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