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'Facatativá' is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department, located about 28 miles (42 km) northwest of Bogotá, Colombia and 2,586 meters above sea level. The city is known for its archaeological park, called Piedras del Tunjo[1] (Tunjo Stones Park) featuring large rock formations that were once the bottom of a lake.

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History

Economy

Demography

Telecommunications

Military

References

History

The city was founded by the Spaniard conquistador Diego Gomez de Mena on July 3, 1600. The name is of Indian origin which means Fort at the end of the plains. The city was almost destroyed by an earthquake on February 9, 1967. The city was rebuilt under the administration of Bishop Raul Zambrano Camader. A town bears his name.

Economy

Facatativa's main source of income is the growing of flowers. The high altitude of the city is appropriate for the growing of different kind of flowers, mainly roses which are exported to the United States. It reaches its pick of consumption in February during Saint Valentine's Day

Demography

The people are mainly a mixture of Spanish and Amerindian, having the mestizo race as the most common people, with at least a 15% of unmixed whites.

★ Population: 90,266

Telecommunications

Two major central urban stations with Microwave, digital and analogic capabilities. Colombia's biggest transmitting relay antenna is located at the peak of the Manjui's Hill at 5 miles from Facatativá.

Military

Communications Battalion, Police and Anti-narcotics squads. Cavalry School and major Police headquarters for the protection of the Colombian Petroleums research facilities located there.

References

★ Government of Facatativa official website