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CUNDINAMARCA

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 629 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CUNDINAMARCA , till 1909 a See also:

department of the eastern See also:plateau of See also:Colombia, See also:South See also:America, having the departments of Quesada and Tundama on the N., Tolima on the W. and S., and the See also:Meta territory on the S.E. and E. The territorial redistribution of 1905 deprived Cundinamarca of its territories on the eastern plains, and a See also:part of its territory in the Eastern See also:Cordillera out of which Quesada and the Federal See also:district were created—its See also:area being reduced from 79,691 to 5o6o sq. m., and its estimated See also:population from 500,000 to 225,000. A considerable part of its area consists of plateaus enjoying a temperate See also:climate and producing the fruits and cereals of the temperate See also:zone, and another important part lies in the valley of the Magdalena and is tropical in See also:character. The district of Fusagasuga in the See also:southern part of this region is celebrated for the excellence of its See also:coffee. The See also:capital of the department was Facatativa (est. population, 9500), situated on the western margin of the sabana of See also:Bogota, 25 M. N.W. from that capitalby See also:rail. Other important towns are Caqueza, Sibate, La Meza and Tocaima.

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