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Villeta, Cundinamarca

Field	Value
name	Villeta
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Panorámica de la Bocatoma.jpg
image_caption	Bocatoma waterfall in Villeta
image_flag	Flag of Villeta.svg
image_seal	Escudo de Villeta (Cundinamarca).svg
image_map	Colombia - Cundinamarca - Villeta.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Villeta 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	Gualivá
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Jhon Alexander Morera Gutiérrez
(2016-2019)
established_title	Founded
established_date	29 September 1551
founder	Alonso de Olalla & Hernando de Alcocer
area_total_km2	140.9
area_urban_km2	5.5
population_as_of	2018 census
population_footnotes
population_total	26873
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	17985
population_density_urban_km2	auto
coordinates
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	850
website

(2016-2019) Villeta is a municipality and town in Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. It is located in Gualivá Province, approximately 84 km northwest of Bogotá, considered the capital of the province. Its name means 'little village'. The municipality borders Quebradanegra and Nimaima in the north, Nocaima and Sasaima in the east, Albán and Vianí in the south and Guaduas in the west. It is situated at an altitude of 850 m in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes

History

The region of Villeta before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Panche. Modern Villeta was founded as Villa de San Miguel on September 29, 1551, by Alonso de Olalla and Hernando de Alcocer.

Main economic activities in Villeta are related with sugar cane derivatives and as an important tourist center for people from Bogotá due to its warm climate, including ecologic trails, cascades and hotels.

Geology

The Villeta Group comprising the Conejo, La Frontera, Simijaca, Hiló, Capotes, Socotá, El Peñón and Trincheras Formations is named after Villeta.

Gallery

File:Antigua casa cural.jpg|Old house File:Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel de Villeta, Colombia.jpg|Church interior File:Monumento a la familia campesina.jpg|Monument to the farmers File:Relieve Villetano.jpg|Landscape of Villeta

References

Bibliography

References

[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25875__Villeta/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Villeta municipality with localities
[http://www.villeta-cundinamarca.gov.co/MiMunicipio/Paginas/Informacion-del-Municipio.aspx Official website Villeta]
[http://www.villeta-cundinamarca.gov.co/MiMunicipio/Paginas/Pasado-Presente-y-Futuro.aspx History Villeta]
Acosta & Ulloa, 2001, p.39

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