Tamalameque
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{{Infobox settlement
|settlement_type = Town
|official_name = Tamalameque
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|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Tamalameque in the Department of Cesar
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_type2 = Department
|subdivision_name = Colombia
|subdivision_name1 = Caribbean
|subdivision_name2 = Cesar
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = José Ricardo Aguilar
(2016-2019)
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 29 September 1544
|founder = Lorenzo Martín
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|area_total_km2 = 511.31
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|area_urban_km2 = 30.66
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|population_total = 13862
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|population_urban = 5585
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|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
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|website = [http://tamalameque-cesar.gov.co/index.html Official website]
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Tamalameque is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Cesar. It was originally the site of a Chimila settlement, Thamara. Tamalameque is located on the right bank of the Magdalena River and borders Chimichagua and Pailitas in the north, Pelaya in the east, La Gloria in the south and in the west the departments of Bolívar (El Peñón) and Magdalena (El Banco).{{in lang|es}} [http://www.tamalameque-cesar.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tamalameque]
History
Tamalameque was first visited by the Bavarian conquistador Ambrosius Ehinger in 1531. The first conquest expedition into the interior of Colombia, led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada passed through Tamalameque in 1536. The local Chimila resisted heavily against the conquistadors.{{in lang|es}} [http://letras-uruguay.espaciolatino.com/aaa/bolivar_grimaldos_rafael/conquista_rapida_y_saqueo.htm Conquista rápida y saqueo cuantioso de Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]
Modern Tamalameque was founded on 29 September 1544 by Lorenzo Martín.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/revistas/credencial/sept2001/ciudades.htm Fundaciones de ciudades y poblaciones] - Banco de la República
Economy
References
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External links
- {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023211539/http://www.gobcesar.gov.co/infonoticia.asp?idnot=1019 Gobernacion del Cesar, Tamalameque]
- {{in lang|es}} [http://tamalameque-cesar.gov.co/apc-aa-files/35663533326437353130366231663331/TamalamequehistoriayleyendaPropio2_Seg.pdf Tamalameque: Historia y Leyenda]
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Category:Municipalities of Cesar Department