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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.
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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
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Provinces and Municipalities in Cundinamarca Department 
Almeidas Province Upper Magdalena Province Lower Magdalena Province Gualivá Province Guavio Province Central Magdalena Province Medina Province Eastern Province Rionegro Province Central Savanna Province Western Savanna Province Soacha Province Sumapaz Province Arbeláez • Cabrera • Fusagasugá • Granada • Pandi • Pasca • San Bernardo • Silvania • Tibacuy • VeneciaTequendama Province Anapoima • Anolaima • Apulo • Cachipay • El Colegio • La Mesa • Quipile • San Antonio del Tequendama • Tena • ViotáUbaté Province Carmen de Carupa • Cucunubá • Fúquene • Guachetá • Lenguazaque • Simijacá • Susa • Sutatausa • Tausa • UbatéMetropolitan Area of Bogotá Bogotá, Capital DistrictSee also: List of municipalities in CundinamarcaCoordinates: 05°03′N 73°53′W / 5.05°N 73.883°W
Categories:- Municipalities of Cundinamarca
- Populated places in the Cundinamarca Department
- Cundinamarca Department geography stubs
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