Vélez
Vélez is a town in Vélez, Santander Department and has about 19,400 residents and an elevation of 2,160 metres. Vélez is situated nearby to the neighborhood El Centro, as well as near Martín Galeano.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 19,400 residents
- Description: human settlement in Santander Department, Colombia
- Also known as: “Velez”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chipata and Guavatá.
Chipata
Town
Photo: Gipuzcoa9, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chipatá is a town and municipality in the Vélez Province, part of the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of 1,820 metres at a distance of 227 kilometres from the department capital Bucaramanga and at 237 kilometres from the national capital Bogotá. Chipata is situated 7 km northeast of Vélez.
Guavatá
Town
Photo: Anegere, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guavatá is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. Guavatá is situated 7 km southwest of Vélez.
Vélez
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Vélez, Santander Department, Colombia, South America
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Latitude
6.01236° or 6° 0′ 45″ northLongitude
-73.67296° or 73° 40′ 23″ westPopulation
19,400Elevation
2,160 metres (7,087 feet)United Nations Location Code
CO VELOpen location code
67R8286G+WROpenStreetMap ID
node 360214001OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vélez” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vélez”
- Irish: “Vélez”
- Spanish: “Vélez”
- Swedish: “Vélez”
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