Cundinamarca Department
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| Capital | Bogotá | ||||
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| Population - Total (2003) - Population density>Density | 2,349,578 | ||||
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Origin of the name
The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua, used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands, meaning Condor's Nest.Geography
Most of Cundinamarca is in the Eastern Cordillera (Cordillera Oriental), just south of Boyacá, bordered by the Magdalena River on the west, reaching down into the Amazon River basin on the east, and bordering on Tolima to the south. The federal district of Bogotá is nearly completely surrounded by Cundinamarca territory, and indeed was formed by carving up Cundinamarca; between this and other divisions, the present department of Cundinamarca is much smaller than the original state.
The capital of Cundinamarca is Bogotá. This is a special case among Colombian departments, since Bogotá is not legally a part of Cundinamarca, yet it is the only department that has its capital designated by the Constitution (meaning that if the capital was to be ever moved, it would take a constitutional reform to do so, instead of a simple ordinance passed by the Cundinamarca Assembly). Also, in censuses, the populations for Bogotá and Cundinamarca are tabulated separately; otherwise, Cundinamarca's population would total 9.5 million.
| Entity | Population | Area (km²) | Density |
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| Cundinamarca (excluding D.C.) | 2,349,578 | 22,623 | 104 |
| Bogotá D.C. | 7,117,984 | 1,587 | 4,485 |
| Cundinamarca plus Bogotá | 9,467,562 | 24,210 | 391 |
Postage stamps
As with the other states, Cundinamarca once had the right to issue its own postage stamps, and it issued stamps with the state's coat of arms, starting in 1870 and ending in 1904. Many of these are still readily available. There is one rarity, the 2-real provisional stamp from 1883, although there is some doubt as to whether it was sold to the public, since no used copies are known to exist. Likewise, authentic uses of any Cundinamarca stamp on cover are not often seen.Municipalities
Agua de Dios, Albán, Anapoima, Anolaima, Arbeláez, Beltrán, Bituima, Bogotá, Bojacá, Cabrera, Cachipay, Cajicá, Caparrapí, Caqueza, Carmen de Carupa, Chaguani, Chía, Chipaque, Choachá, Chocontá, Cogua, Cota, Cucunubá, El Colegio, El Peñón, Facatativá, Fomeque, Fosca, Funza, Fúquene, Fusagasugá, Gachala, Gachancipá, Gacheta, Gama, Cundinamaraca, Girardot, Guachetá, Guaduas, Guasca, Guataqui, Guatavita, Guayabal de Síquima, Guayabetal, Gutierrez, Jerusalen, Junín, La Calera, La Mesa, La Palma, La Peña, La Vega, Lenguazaque, Machetá, Madrid, Manta, Medina, Mosquera, Nariño, Nemocón, Nilo, Cundinamarca, Nimaima, Nocaima, Ospina Perez, Pacho, Paime, Pandi, Paratebueno, Pasca, Puerto Salgar, Puli, Quebradanegra, Quetame, Quipile, Rafael Reyes, Ricaurte, San Antonio de Tena, San Bernardo, San Cayetano, San Francisco, San Juan Rioseco, Sasaima, Sesquilé, Sibaté, Silvania, Simijacá, Soacha, Sopó, Subachoque, Suesca, Supatá, Susa, Sutatausa, Tabio, Tausa, Tena, Tenjo, Tibacuy, Tibiritá, Tocaima, Tocancipá, Topaipí, Ubalá, Ubaque, Ubaté, Une, Útica, Vergara, Viani, Villagómez, Villapinzón, Villeta, Viotá, Yacopí, Zipacón, ZipaquiráExternal links
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