Villeta, Cundinamarca
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
|image_skyline = Panorámica de la Bocatoma.jpg
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|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
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|map_caption = Location of Villeta in Cundinamarca
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|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 = Gualivá
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Jhon Alexander Morera Gutiérrez
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|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 29 September 1551
|founder = Alonso de Olalla & Hernando de Alcocer
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|area_total_km2 = 140.9
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|population_footnotes = [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25875__Villeta/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Villeta municipality with localities
|population_total = 26873
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|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
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|elevation_m = 850
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|website = {{URL|http://www.villeta-cundinamarca.gov.co/Paginas/default.aspx|Official website}}
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Villeta is a municipality and town in Cundinamarca (Colombia), located in Gualivá Province, approximately {{convert|84|km|mi}} northwest of Bogota, 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 {{convert|850|m|ft}} in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes[http://www.villeta-cundinamarca.gov.co/MiMunicipio/Paginas/Informacion-del-Municipio.aspx Official website Villeta]
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.[http://www.villeta-cundinamarca.gov.co/MiMunicipio/Paginas/Pasado-Presente-y-Futuro.aspx History Villeta]
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.Acosta & Ulloa, 2001, p.39
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
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= Bibliography =
- {{cite web|last=Acosta Garay |first=Jorge E. |last2=Ulloa Melo |first2=Carlos E. |year=2002 |title=Mapa Geológico del Departamento de Cundinamarca - 1:250,000 - Memoria explicativa |url=http://nebula.wsimg.com/ca3411dab87400d504f8461f0256772a?AccessKeyId=75F883B260454DDA3D4B&disposition=0&alloworigin=1 |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1–108 |accessdate=2017-04-26}}
- {{cite web|last=Acosta Garay |first=Jorge |last2=Ulloa Melo |first2=Carlos E. |year=2001 |title=Geología de la Plancha 208 Villeta - 1:100,000 |url=http://aplicaciones1.sgc.gov.co/Bodega/i_vector/130/10/0100/20136/documento/pdf/0101201361101000.pdf |publisher=INGEOMINAS |pages=1–84 |accessdate=2017-06-05}}
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