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El Peñón, Cundinamarca
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | El Peñón |
| native_name | El Peñón de Terama |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Iglesia Santa Bárbara-El Peñón (Cundinamarca).JPG |
| image_caption | Church of El Peñón |
| image_flag | Flag of el Peñón (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de El Peñón (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - El Peñón.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of El Peñón in Cundinamarca |
| pushpin_map | Colombia |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Colombia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Flag of Cundinamarca.svg Cundinamarca |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Rionegro |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Gustavo Adolfo Mojica Vargas |
| (2016-2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1822 |
| founder | Pedro Bustos |
| area_total_km2 | 132 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 4805 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 445 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 1310 |
| website |
(2016-2019) El Peñón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is located at an altitude of 1310 m in the western flanks of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality, part of the Rionegro Province borders Topaipí in the north, Vergara and Nimaima in the south, Pacho in the east and La Peña and La Palma in the west. The municipality is 120 km northwest of the capital Bogotá and thanks to the lower elevation has a temperate climate averaging 21 C.
Geology
The Lower Cretaceous El Peñón Formation is named after El Peñón.
History
The area of El Peñón before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Panche. Modern El Peñón was founded in 1822 by Pedro Bustos as El Peñón de Terama, named after a cacique of the Panche that resisted the Spanish conquistadors and died in 1565.
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