Nemocón

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Location of the town and municipality of Nemocón in Cundinamarca Department.

Nemocón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca.

History

Nemcón means "The cry of the warrior" in the Chibcha language. The city was founded by Spanish settlers in 1537.

Geography and description

Located 94 km north of Bogotá, being linked by road and by train. Famous for its salt mines, the second largest in the country after the mines in Zipaquirá.

Other facts

Market Day: Sunday
Distance from Bogotá: 65 km
Median temperature: 14 °C
Altitude: 2684 mts
Area: 94 mts2

External links

Official Website of the municipality of Nemocón

v t e Provinces and Municipalities in Cundinamarca department

Almeidas Province	Chocontá Machetá Manta Sesquilé Suesca Tibiritá Villapinzón

Upper Magdalena Province	Agua de Dios Girardot Guataqui Jerusalen Nariño Nilo Ricaurte Tocaima

Lower Magdalena Province	Caparrapí Guaduas Puerto Salgar

Gualivá Province	Albán La Peña La Vega Nimaima Nocaima Quebradanegra San Francisco Sasaima Supatá Útica Vergara Villeta

Guavio Province	Gachala Gacheta Gama Guasca Guatavita Junín La Calera Ubalá

Central Magdalena Province	Beltrán Bituima Chaguani Guayabal de Síquima Puli San Juan Rioseco Viani

Medina Province	Medina Paratebueno

Eastern Province	Caqueza Chipaque Choachí Fomeque Fosca Guayabetal Gutierrez Quetame Ubaque Une

Rionegro Province	El Peñón La Palma Pacho Paime San Cayetano Topaipí Villagómez Yacopí

Central Savanna Province	Cajicá Chía Cogua Cota Gachancipá Nemocón Sopó Tabio Tenjo Tocancipá Zipaquirá

Western Savanna Province	Bojacá El Rosal Facatativá Funza Madrid Mosquera Subachoque Zipacón

Soacha Province	Sibaté Soacha

Sumapaz Province	Arbeláez Cabrera Fusagasugá Granada Pandi Pasca San Bernardo Silvania Tibacuy Venecia

Tequendama Province	Anapoima Anolaima Apulo Cachipay El Colegio La Mesa Quipile San Antonio del Tequendama Tena Viotá

Ubaté Province	Carmen de Carupa Cucunubá Fúquene Guachetá Lenguazaque Simijacá Susa Sutatausa Tausa Ubaté

Metropolitan Area of Bogotá	Bogotá, Capital District

See also: List of municipalities in Cundinamarca

Coordinates: 05°03′N 73°53′W / 5.050°N 73.883°W / 5.050; -73.883

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