Colombia topographic maps
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Bogota
The city is located in the center of Colombia, on a high plateau known as the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes. Its altitude averages 2,640 meters (8,660 ft) above sea level. Subdivided into 20 localities, Bogotá has an area of 1,587 square…
Average elevation: 2,735 m
Medellín
Colombia > Antioquia > Medellín
Medellín has 16 comunas (districts), 5 corregimientos (townships), and 271 barrios (neighborhoods). The metropolitan area of Medellín lies within the Aburrá valley at an elevation of 1,500 metres (4,900 feet) above sea level and is bisected by the Medellín River (also called Porce), which flows northward.…
Average elevation: 2,098 m
Villa Cecilia
Colombia > Risaralda > AMCO, Area Metropolitana Centro Occidente
Average elevation: 1,307 m
Villeta
Villeta is a municipality and town in Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. It is located in Gualivá Province, approximately 84 kilometres (52 mi) northwest of Bogotá, considered the capital of the province. Its name means 'little village'. The municipality borders Quebradanegra and Nimaima in the north,…
Average elevation: 1,144 m
Guadacanal
Colombia > Risaralda > AMCO, Area Metropolitana Centro Occidente
Average elevation: 1,319 m
Cúcuta
The city is in the eastern part of the Department of North Santander, in the Cordillera Oriental, close to the border with Venezuela. The city's area is 110 square kilometres (42 square miles) and its elevation is 320 metres (1,050 feet) above sea level.
Average elevation: 591 m
Neiva
Due to its location near the equator and its low altitude, the city has a hot annual average climate with daytime temperatures ranging from 88 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. It is about 300 kilometers / 186.4 miles (about a five-hour drive) from the Colombian capital, Bogotá.
Average elevation: 1,032 m
La Unión
The locality is part of the Altiplano zone and is located in the highest part of the south of the San Nicolás Valley. The municipality has a complex mountain system, allowing it to have several thermal floors: of its total extension of 198 km², 136 km² comprise a cold climate (including the north, east, and…
Average elevation: 2,410 m
Santa Fe de Antioquia
The climate of Santa Fe de Antioquia is tropical and humid, typical of Colombia's Cauca River valley, due to its low altitude and its geographical location near the equator. The average temperature is 25.5 °C (77.9 °F) throughout the year. This pleasant weather has allowed tourism to develop in the city,…
Average elevation: 1,630 m
Pico Simón Bolívar
Colombia > Magdalena > Aracataca
Pico Simón Bolívar is possibly the highest mountain in Colombia, with an estimated height of 5,720 metres (18,770 ft). Pico Bolívar and the neighbouring summit of Pico Cristóbal Colón are the two highest peaks in Colombia and are very nearly equal in elevation. The height difference is about 7 meters. For…
Average elevation: 5,174 m
Mosquera
Mosquera is a municipality of Colombia in the Western Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Mosquera is close to the capital Bogotá and is part of its metropolitan area. The urban centre of Mosquera is situated at an altitude of 2,516 metres (8,255 ft) on the Bogotá savanna. The…
Average elevation: 2,570 m
Galeras
Numerous minor tremors and ash emissions since March 2006 culminated on 12 July 2006 in three explosive eruptions, producing an ash and gas column reaching an altitude of 8 kilometres (5.0 mi). Rock falls and pyroclastic flows were reported from towns as distant as Consacá, 11.4 kilometres (7.1 mi) west of…
Average elevation: 3,847 m
Maicao
Colombia > La Guajira > Maicao
The municipality of Maicao borders to the north with the municipalities of Uribia and Manaure; to the east with the Venezuela; to the south with the municipality of Albania and to the west with the municipality of Riohacha covering a total area of 1,782 km2 and at altitude over sea level of 52 m.
Average elevation: 51 m
