Tequendama Falls
The Tequendama Falls is a 132 metres high waterfall of the Bogotá River, located 32 kilometres southwest of Bogotá in the municipality of Soacha. Named after the adjacent settlement of Tequendama, it holds historical significance as one of Colombia's earliest permanent settlements.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tequendama Falls Museum.
Tequendama Falls Museum
Museum
Photo: ArturoAparicio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tequendama Falls Museum of Biodiversity and Culture is a museum and mansion in San Antonio del Tequendama, Colombia. The museum overlooks Tequendama Falls on the Bogotá River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hogares Soacha and San Antonio del Tequendama.
Hogares Soacha
Quarter
Photo: Otwo1983, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hogares Soacha is a quarter, which is situated 8 km east of Tequendama Falls.
San Antonio del Tequendama
Town
San Antonio del Tequendama is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Tequendama Province part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality is located along the Serranía de Subía in the Tena Valley and borders Tena and Bojacá in the north, Bojacá and Soacha in the east, La Mesa and El Colegio in the west and in the south Soacha and Granada. San Antonio del Tequendama is situated 8 km northwest of Tequendama Falls.
Granada
Town
Granada is a Colombian town and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department. Granada is situated 9 km southwest of Tequendama Falls.
Tequendama Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and body of water
- Location: Cundinamarca, Andino, Colombia, South America
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Latitude
4.57528° or 4° 34′ 31″ northLongitude
-74.29381° or 74° 17′ 38″ westElevation
2,344 metres (7,690 feet)Height
150 metres (492 feet)Open location code
67P7HPG4+4FOpenStreetMap ID
node 703340011OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfall
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Tequendama Falls” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Տեկենդամա”
- Basque: “Tequendamako jauzia”
- Catalan: “Cascades Tequendama”
- Catalan: “Salt del Tequendama”
- Catalan: “Salto del Tequendama”
- Cebuano: “Salto de Tequendama”
- Chinese: “特肯達馬瀑布”
- Czech: “Salto del Tequendama”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تيكوينداما فالس”
- Esperanto: “Akvofaloj de Tekendama”
- French: “Salto del Tequendama”
- Galician: “Fervenza do Tequendama”
- Galician: “Salto do Tequendama”
- German: “Salto del Tequendama”
- German: “Tequendama-Wasserfall”
- German: “Tequendama”
- Hebrew: “מפל טקנדמה”
- Hungarian: “Tequendama-vízesés”
- Mazanderani: “تکوین داما”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tequendamafossen”
- Norwegian: “Tequendamafossen”
- Persian: “آبشار تکنداما”
- Polish: “Salto del Tequendama”
- Russian: “Текендама”
- Slovenian: “Salto del Tequendama”
- Slovenian: “slapovi Tequendama”
- Slovenian: “Tequendama”
- Spanish: “Salto de Tequendama”
- Spanish: “Salto del Tequendama”
- Spanish: “Salto Tequendama”
- Swedish: “Salto de Tequendama”
- Ukrainian: “Текендама”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as San Francisco and Corregimiento 2 Soacha.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mirador del Salto and granja ecologica el porvenir.
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