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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 temperature of 22 °C.
The region is composed by the states of Mérida, Táchira, Trujillo and Barinas and is located straddling the Andes Mountain Range. [1] Except for the people of the Llanos in Eastern Barinas, natives from this region are usually referred to as "gochos". [a] It has a total population of 3,607,720 and a density of 39,84 people per square kilometer.
Location of the municipality and town of Los Andes in the Nariño Department of Colombia Coordinates: 1°29′36″N 77°31′17″W / 1.49333°N 77.52139°W / 1.49333; -77 Country
The Venezuelan Andes (Spanish: Andes Venezolanos) also simply known as the Andes (Spanish: Los Andes) in Venezuela, are a mountain system that form the northernmost extension of the Andes. They are fully identified, both by their geological origin as by the components of the relief, the constituent rocks and the geological structure.
San Martín de los Andes is served by National Route 40, which runs north–south through the city, connecting it with Junín de los Andes to the north and Villa La Angostura to the south. The southern stretch between the former is known as the Road of the Seven Lakes , crossing the Lanín and Nahuel Huapi national parks. [ 23 ]
San Antonio de los Cobres was established in the early 17th century, specifically in 1641. It was founded as a small settlement to support the mining activities in the region and has since developed into a key town in the high Andes of Argentina. The town's history is closely tied to its mining heritage and the Indigenous cultures of the area.
A road in San Antonio de los Cobres View of Tolar Grande. Los Andes (i.e.: The Andes) is a department located in Salta Province, Argentina. It is the second largest by area in the province, after Rivadavia Department, and its capital is the town of San Antonio de los Cobres.
Junín de los Andes lies on the left bank of the Chimehuín River, in a depression in the northern Patagonian Andes. [5] The surrounding territory is divided into three landscape zones: the east, characterized by plateau basalt with its fluvial valleys, formed by wind erosion, where mountains and small hills are seen; the center, which is a valley glacier area with rivers and creeks and their ...