- Source: Ricaurte, Cundinamarca
Ricaurte is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. A law issued on 14 November 1857 created the Peñalisa District and December of the same year the name was changed to Ricaurte; in 1937 it was annexed to the Girardot municipality but it recovered its condition of municipality in 1968.
Other Facts
Market Day: Thursday and Sunday
Distance from Bogotá: 142 km
Foundation: 1813 as Peñalisa
Created: Departamental Decree No. 409 of 11 March 1968
Median temperature: 27 °C
Veredas
The Municipality of Ricaurte has 16 Veredas, 17 within the Urban Zone. The Veredas are:
Callejón, Casablanca, Cumaca, El Paso, El Portal, La Carrera, La Tetilla, La Virginia, Las Veras, Llano del Pozo, Limoncito, Manuel Norte, Manuel Sur, Pto Peñalisa, San Francisco, San Martin and Zona Urbana
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ricaurte, Cundinamarca
- Ricaurte
- List of municipalities in Cundinamarca
- List of cities and towns in Colombia
- Girardot, Cundinamarca
- Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca
- Ricaurte family
- Cundinamarca flags
- Border town
- Ignacio Gutierrez Vergara
