Villapinzón
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Villapinzón
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|other_name = Hato Viejo
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
|image_skyline = Iglesia de Villapinzón, Cundinamarca.jpg
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|image_caption = Church of Villapinzón
|image_flag = Villapinzón Flag.PNG
|image_seal = Escudo de Villapinzon.svg
|image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Villapinzón.svg
|mapsize = 250px
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|pushpin_map = Colombia
|pushpin_mapsize = 250
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}
|subdivision_type1 = Department
|subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Cundinamarca.svg}} Cundinamarca
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = Almeidas Province
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Gildardo Ansisar Melo Garnica
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|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 14 October 1776
|founder = Francisco de Vargas Figueroa
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|area_total_km2 = 249
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|area_urban_km2 = 0.39
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|population_as_of = 2015
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|population_total = 19742
|population_density_km2 = auto
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|population_urban = 6526
|coordinates = {{coord|5|13|N|73|36|W|display=inline,title}}
|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
|utc_offset = -5
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|elevation_m = 2715
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|website = {{URL|http://www.villapinzon-cundinamarca.gov.co/|Official website}}
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Villapinzón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Almeidas Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is situated at an elevation of {{convert|2715|m|ft}} on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, at a distance of {{convert|80|km|mi}} from the capital Bogotá. Villapinzón borders Ventaquemada (Boyacá) and Lenguazaque in the north, Chocontá, Tibiritá and La Capilla in the south, Chocontá and Lenguazaque in the west and Ventaquemada, Turmequé and Úmbita in the east. The municipality is located in the uppermost part of the Bogotá River Basin; the origin of the river is within the municipality Villapinzón at an elevation of {{convert|3400|m|ft}}.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.villapinzon-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Villapinzón]
Etymology
Villapinzón was named Hato Viejo for most of its history. In 1903, the name was changed to "Pinzón", honouring Próspero Pinzón Romero, commander of the army and Minister of War of Colombia under Colombian president José Manuel Marroquín. Próspero Pinzón Romero was born in Hato Viejo. A year later, it became Villapinzón.
History
The history of Villapinzón is relatively young; historian Ramón Correa studied the pre-Colombian history of the area and did not find evidence Villapinzón was populated before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. Villapinzón was founded on October 14, 1776 by Francisco de Vargas Figueroa.
Economy
Born in Villapinzón
- Próspero Pinzón, namesake of the municipality and Minister of War
- Rodrigo Contreras, professional cyclist
- Efraím Rico, former professional cyclist
Gallery
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File:Villapinzon foto altamira a centro.jpg|View of Villapinzón from Altamira
File:Villapinzon station.JPG|Train station
File:Laguna del Mapa, en el Nacimiento Río Bogotá.jpg|Headwaters of the Bogotá River
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References
{{Commons category|Villapinzón}}
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{{Municipalities cundinamarca department}}
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Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department