Almeidas Province

Almeidas Province Provincia de Almeidas
Province
Lake Guatavita & Cuchavira
Etymology: Vicente & Ambrosio Almeyda
Location of Almeidas Province in Colombia
Coordinates: 5°08′48″N 73°40′57″W
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Capital	Chocontá
Municipalities	7
Area
• Total	1,259.65 km^2 (486.35 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	89,938
• Density	71/km^2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (COT)
Indigenous groups	Muisca

Almeidas Province (Spanish: Provincia de Almeidas, Spanish pronunciation: [alˈmejðas]) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Almeidas borders to the east with the Boyacá Department to the north with the Ubaté Province, to the west with the Central Savanna Province and to the south with the Guavio Province.

Subdivision

Almeidas is subdivided into 7 municipalities:^[1]

Municipality bold is capital	Area km^2	Elevation (m) urban centre	Population 2015	Founded	Map
Chocontá	301.1	2655	25,257	1563
Machetá	229.35	2094	6316	1593
Manta	105	1924	4719	1773
Sesquilé	141	2595	13,636	1600
Suesca	177	2584	17,318	1537
Tibiritá	57.2	1980	2950	1593
Villapinzón	249	2715	19,742	1776
Total	1259.65		89,938

References

1. (in Spanish) Orden en las provincias de Cundinamarca - El Tiempo

External links

• (in Spanish) Almeidas Province in Cundinamarca