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Guadalupe Hill is a 3,360-metre (11,020 ft) high hill located in the Eastern Hills, uphill from the centre of Bogotá, Colombia. Together with its neighbouring hill Monserrate it is one of the landmarks of Bogotá. At the top of the hill a hermitage and a 15-metre (49 ft) high statue has been erected.
Monserrate (named after Catalan homonym mountain Montserrat) is a mountain over 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) high that overlooks the city center of Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia. It rises to 3,152 meters (10,341 ft) above the sea level, where there is a church (built in the 17th century) with a shrine, devoted to El Señor Caído ("The ...
The political organisation of the territories in what is known today as Colombia established encomiendas in which the indigenous people had to pay tributes to the encomenderos. [124] The Muisca were forced out of the most fertile grounds to live in less favourable areas, yet were obliged to work the good farmlands for the Spanish colonisers. [125]
Highest capital in the world 15 Sicuani Peru: 3548 11640 16 Apartaderos Venezuela: 3505 11502 Highest town in Venezuela. 3,360 m. according to Google Maps. 17 Cusco Peru: 3399 11151 18 Vetas Colombia: 3350 10990 Highest town in Colombia. 3,230 m. according to Google Maps. 19 Papallacta Ecuador: 3300 10826 Highest town in Ecuador.
This is a list of the tallest mountains in Colombia. List. This list is ... (May 2024) Rank Mountain peak Elevation Coordinates; 1: Pico Cristóbal Colón: 5,730 m ...
Monserrate Sanctuary is a Catholic shrine in Bogotá, Colombia. [1] The sanctuary was built between 1650 and 1657 and is 3,152 metres (10,341 ft) above sea level. [2]
The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation. In addition, the country , continental region , latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.
The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America.It is bordered to the north-west by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; [1] and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.