Nemocón

Nemocón, Cundinamarca

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

Nemocón, Cundinamarca

Location in Colombia

Coordinates: 5°3′19″N 74°1′17″W / 5.05528°N 74.02139°W

Country

Colombia

Departamento

Cundinamarca

Built

1587

Government

• Mayor

Luis Felipe Castro

Area

• Total

94 km² (36 sq mi)

Elevation

2,600 m (8,500 ft)

Population (2012)

• Total

12,900

• Density

140/km² (360/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

Nemoconian

Area code(s)

57 +1

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

History

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

Geography and description

Salt Mine, Nemocon

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 kts2

External links

Official Website of the municipality of Nemocón

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nemocón.

Provinces and Municipalities in Cundinamarca Department

Almeidas Province	Chocontá Machetá Manta Sesquilé Suesca Tibiritá Villapinzón

Upper Magdalena Province	Agua de Dios Girardot Guataquí Jerusalén 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	Gachalá Gachetá Gama Guasca Guatavita Junín La Calera Ubalá

Central Magdalena Province	Beltrán Bituima Chaguaní Guayabal de Síquima Puli San Juan de Rioseco Vianí

Medina Province	Medina Paratebueno

Eastern Province	Cáqueza Chipaque Choachí Fómeque Fosca Guayabetal Gutiérrez 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

Salt

History	History of salt In the American Civil War International Salt Co. v. United States In Middlewich Old Salt Route In Chinese history Salt March Salt road

Types	List of edible salts Alaea Bittern Black lava Butter Celery Curing Cyclic Dairy Flake Fleur de sel Garlic Himalayan Iodised Kala Namak Kosher LoSalt Calcium chloride Pickling Potassium chloride Potassium nitrate Sodium nitrate Onion RealSalt Rock Sea salt Seasoned Sel gris Smoked Truffle

Food usage	Brine Cheese brining Salted foods Salt-cured meat Health effects Salt and cardiovascular disease

Commerce and industry	Salt Industry Commission Evaporation pond Production Salt mining Open-pan salt making List of countries by salt production

By region	In Cheshire In Ghana In Syracuse, New York

Culture	Salt in the Bible Salting the earth

Miscellaneous	Mineral lick Smelling salts

Category

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

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