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    Lake Suesca is a natural water body situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, belonging to the municipalities of Suesca and Cucunubá in the department...
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    Church, Suesca Train track to Rocas de Suesca Rocas de Suesca Statue of the Virgin Mary in Rocas de Suesca Farmfields in Suesca Lake Suesca Colombia...
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    in cool habitats around Pleistocene lakes, of which the humedales in Bogotá, Lake Suesca, Lake Fúquene and Lake Herrera are notable examples. Multiple...
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    Monster of Lake Tota Muisca religion Lake Guatavita, Lake Iguaque, Lake Suesca, Siecha Lakes Lake Tota - Bird Life International - accessed 02-05-2016...
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    Vélez) (March 1537) and the valley of the Suárez River. Passing Lake Fúquene and Lake Suesca, they reached Nemocón and Zipaquirá and finally entered the Muisca...
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    worshipped their gods at sacred sites, both natural, such as Lake Guatavita, the Siecha Lakes and Lake Tota and constructed; the Sun and Moon Temples in respectively...
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    Tominé Reservoir (category Lakes of Colombia)
    Tominé Reservoir February 2017 Colombia portal Energy portal Lake Guatavita, Lake Suesca Google Maps Elevation Finder (in Spanish) Embalse de Tominé (in...
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    River Upía River Lake Tota, largest lake of Colombia Lake Fúquene Lake Guatavita Lake Herrera Lake Iguaque Siecha Lakes Lake Suesca La Copa Reservoir...
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    Eastern Hills, the Sumapaz mountains in the south, the hills of Tausa and Suesca in the north and western hills of Cundinamarca in the west. The total surface...
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    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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    Monster of Lake Tota is a legendary aquatic animal known in many works as: diablo ballena, lit. 'devil whale'. The monster is an inhabitant of Lake Tota in...
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    celebrations at natural areas, such as Lake Guatavita, Lake Iguaque, Lake Tota, Lake Fúquene, Lake Suesca and the Siecha Lakes, the Muisca constructed some places...
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    the Río Frío, Checua-Lenguazaque, Sesquilé, Sisga, Subachoque, around Lake Suesca, in the Tenza Valley, and in the synclinals of Teusacá and Usme. In the...
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    either daily or on certain ceremonial occasions – before diving into a sacred lake to wash it off. The legend was first recorded in the 16th century by Spanish...
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    Subachoque (in Spanish) Official website Suesca Archived 2015-05-15 at archive.today (in Spanish) Etymology Suesca Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine...
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    River, Ubaté River, Susa River, Simijaca River and Cucunubá. Nearby Lake Suesca has an endorheic basin, not flowing out to the Suárez River. Around Saboyá...
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    Ubaté, Cucunubá, Simijaca, Susa Guatavita District: Gachetá, Guatavita and Suesca, Chocontá, Teusacá, Sesquilé, Guasca, Sopó, Usaquén, Tuna, Suba Territories...
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    Lake Iguaque is a lake located in the Boyacá Department of Colombia. The lake and the surrounding area was declared a Flora and Fauna Sanctuary in 1977...
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    Cabo Marzo Ensenada de Utría Los Katíos Cundinamarca Chingaza Lake Guatavita Rocas de Suesca Guainía Atabapo River Cerros de Mavecure La Guajira Alta Guajira...
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  • Lake Herrera is a small lake located at 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the urban centre of Mosquera and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the capital Bogotá...
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    Aquiminzaque‘s reign began on August 2, 1537, when Eucaneme was taken prisoner to Suesca by the Spanish. Aquiminzaque ruled over the northern area of the Muisca...
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    Cabo Marzo Ensenada de Utría Los Katíos Cundinamarca Chingaza Lake Guatavita Rocas de Suesca Guainía Atabapo River Cerros de Mavecure La Guajira Alta Guajira...
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    Chiquinquirá and Simijaca. Muisca religion Lake Guatavita, Iguaque, Suesca, Tota, Siecha Lakes Cabrera Ortiz, 1957, p.8 Hoeck, p.4 Cabrera Ortiz, 1957, p.7 Ocampo...
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    Cabo Marzo Ensenada de Utría Los Katíos Cundinamarca Chingaza Lake Guatavita Rocas de Suesca Guainía Atabapo River Cerros de Mavecure La Guajira Alta Guajira...
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    Cabo Marzo Ensenada de Utría Los Katíos Cundinamarca Chingaza Lake Guatavita Rocas de Suesca Guainía Atabapo River Cerros de Mavecure La Guajira Alta Guajira...
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    Cabo Marzo Ensenada de Utría Los Katíos Cundinamarca Chingaza Lake Guatavita Rocas de Suesca Guainía Atabapo River Cerros de Mavecure La Guajira Alta Guajira...
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    Cabo Marzo Ensenada de Utría Los Katíos Cundinamarca Chingaza Lake Guatavita Rocas de Suesca Guainía Atabapo River Cerros de Mavecure La Guajira Alta Guajira...
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    Cabo Marzo Ensenada de Utría Los Katíos Cundinamarca Chingaza Lake Guatavita Rocas de Suesca Guainía Atabapo River Cerros de Mavecure La Guajira Alta Guajira...
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    where later the San Agustin Convent was built. Quemuenchatocha was taken to Suesca, with the hope he would reveal where he hid the rest of his treasure. He...
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    place at Lake Guatavita. In this ritual, the new chief (zipa), who was aboard a raft and covered with gold dust, tossed gold objects into the lake as offerings...
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