Nuevo Colón
Nuevo Colón
Chiriví | |
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Municipality and town | |
Central square of Nuevo Colón | |
Location of the municipality and town of Nuevo Colón in the Boyacá Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 5°21′N 73°28′W / 5.350°N 73.467°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Boyacá Department |
| Province | Márquez Province |
| Founded | 15 October 1783 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Héctor Wilson Castelblanco Rodríguez (2020-2023) |
| Area | |
| 0.28582 km2 (0.11036 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 0.04492 km2 (0.01734 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| 6,559 | |
| • Urban | 1,300 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
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Nuevo Colón is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Márquez Province. The urban centre is located at an altitude of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, at a distance of 34 kilometres (21 mi) from the departmental capital Tunja. Nuevo Colón borders Boyacá, Boyacá, Ventaquemada and Jenesano in the north, Tibaná and Turmequé in the south, Tibaná in the east and Turmequé and Ventaquemada in the west.