La Cocha Lagoon (Spanish: Laguna de la Cocha) is a 39,000-hectare (96,000-acre) volcanic crater lake located within the Pasto Municipality in Nariño, Colombia...
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under 16 hectares of land and surrounding water area. Located on the Laguna de la Cocha, the flora sanctuary serves as a natural habitat for endemic sub-tropical...
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the Instituto Colombiano de Antropología, reached the site in 1976. The site was reconstructed between 1976 and 1982. Although La Ciudad Perdida is an impressive...
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Lake Guatavita (redirect from Laguna de Guatavita)
Lake Guatavita (Spanish: Laguna Guatavita) is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes in the municipality of Sesquilé in the Almeidas...
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Antioquia. It is also known as The Stone of El Peñol, or simply La Piedra or El Peñol (La Piedra de El Peñol), as the town of El Peñol, which borders Guatapé...
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Domingo, San Agustín, and the Catedral Basílica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, known locally as "La Catedral". The city's cathedral was home to the Crown of...
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Dorado, the "city of gold" and La Canela, the "valley of cinnamon". He was accompanied by his second-in-command Francisco de Orellana. After 170 km (106 mi)...
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Cartagena, Colombia (redirect from Cartagena de Indias)
Juan de la Cosa died in 1510 along with 300 of Alonso de Ojeda's men, after an armed confrontation with indigenous people, and before Juan de la Cosa...
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Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá (redirect from Catedral de Sal)
"Catedral de Sal": An art film by H. Paul Moon (in Spanish) El Tiempo: Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá: el milagro de los mineros en las entrañas de la tierra...
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list of large or notable crater lake islands: La Corota Island Flora Sanctuary in the Laguna de la Cocha, Colombia Teodoro Wolf and Yerovi Islands in Cuicocha...
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kɾisˈtales]; English: "Crystal Channel") is a river located in the Serranía de la Macarena, an isolated mountain range in Meta Department, Colombia. It is...
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de la Albarrada, Calle Real del Medio, and Calle de Atrás. Notable churches include Santa Bárbara (built 1613), San Agustín (built 1606), San Juan de...
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Cocora Valley (redirect from Valle de Cocora)
The Cocora Valley (Spanish: Valle de Cocora) is a valley in the Quindío Department of Colombia. It is located in the Central Cordillera of the Andean mountains...
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Malpelo Island (redirect from Isla de malpelo)
rock with three high peaks, the highest being the 300 m (980 ft) Cerro de la Mona. The island is about 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) in length from northeast...
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mid-1756, and wrote about the statues in his four-volume work Maravillas de la naturaleza (English: Wonders of Nature). The archaeological park is located...
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Volcano Laguna de la Cocha Laguna Verde del Azufral Putumayo River Sanquianga Norte de Santander Los Estoraques Putumayo Cascada del Indio La Paya Putumayo...
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"Propuesta de escisión de la denominada 'Formación Silgará' (Macizo de Santander, Colombia), a partir de edades U-Pb en circones detríticos", Boletín de Geología...
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Banrepcultural". Red Cultural del Banco de la República en Colombia. Retrieved 13 September 2018. The cultural activity of Banco de la República extends as a network...
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de Bolívar or Plaza Bolívar) is the main square of the Colombian capital Bogotá. The square, previously called Plaza Mayor until 1821 and Plaza de la...
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Oriental range, between the departments of La Guajira, Magdalena and Cesar, in the mountain range of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. It is a sanctuary as well...
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December 2011. "GUÍA: Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio de Colombia" (PDF). Fondo Nacional de Turismo de la República de Colombia - FONTUR. Dec 2020. Archived...
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Lake Saracocha (redirect from Laguna Sara Cocha)
yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary): sara - s. Maíz. / Maíz amarillo: Q'illu sara. qucha, qhucha, quchacha. - s. Laguna. Lago pequeño...
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narrow strait (the La Barra channel) located between the town of Pueblo Viejo and the city of Ciénaga. Vegetation by the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta near...
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carrera 44 Zona arqueológica de Piedras Blancas. Cuenca alta de la quebrada Piedras Blancas. Altos del Rosario. Laguna camino de cieza matasanos Medellín...
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and Doña Juana (4,250 m), and the town of San Juan de Pasto and Cocha lagoon. Laguna de la Cocha Galeras Volcano Colombia portal Geography portal Pasto...
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Colombia (La Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia) and the Departmental Committee of Coffee Growers of Quindío (El Comité Departamental de Cafeteros...
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Sanctuary of Las Lajas (redirect from Santuario de las Lajas)
XII granted a Pontifical Decree of coronation to the image as Sancta Virgo de Rupe (English: Holy Virgin of the Rock) on 31 May 1951. He also raised the...
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Guajira Peninsula (redirect from La Guajira Peninsula)
The Guajira Peninsula [ɡwaˈxiɾa] (Spanish: Península de La Guajira, also spelled Goajira, mainly in colonial period texts, Wayuu: Woumainpa’a) is a peninsula...
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The Cerros de Mavicuri are three hills, located in eastern Colombia, 50 km (31 mi) south of the city of Inírida on the Inírida River. Geologically, the...
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Providencia Island, Colombia (redirect from Isla de Providencia)
Isla de Providencia, historically Old Providence, and generally known as Providencia or Providence, is a mountainous Caribbean island that is part of the...
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