Mariquita

E97488

Mariquita is a historic town in central Colombia known as an early colonial settlement and former mining center.


Statements (32)
Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
administrativeDivisionLevel municipality of Tolima Department
climateClassification tropical savanna climate
coordinateLatitude 5.198
coordinateLongitude -74.892
country Colombia
demonym Mariquiteño
economy agriculture
tourism
elevationAboveSeaLevel 495 metres
formerName San Sebastián de Mariquita
foundingDate 16th century
governmentType municipal government
hasHeritageStatus historic town
hasPostalCodeType Colombian postal code
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial era
knownFor early colonial settlement
gold mining
historic mining center
silver mining
language Spanish
locatedIn Tolima Department NERFINISHED
locatedInContinent South America
locatedInRegion central Colombia
locatedNear Magdalena River valley
locatedOnRiver Gualí River NERFINISHED
partOf Andean region of Colombia
timeZone Colombia Standard Time
tourismAttractionType colonial architecture
historical sites
utcOffset -5

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
deathPlace
Tolima Department
hasMajorCity

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