South America
Colombia

Cordillera Central

The Cordillera Central is the highest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. The range extends from south to north dividing from the in to the in Bolivar Departments.
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,364 metres
  • Description: mountain range in the Colombian Andes
  • Also known as: “Andes Central Cordillera”, “Central Cordillera of Colombia”, and “Cordillera del Quindío”

Cordillera Central

Latitude
5° north
Longitude
-75° or 75° west
Elevation
1,364 metres (4,475 feet)
Open location code
67Q72222+22
Geo­Names ID
3686934
Wiki­data ID
Q143982
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Venetian—“Cordillera Central” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կենտրոնական Կորդիլիերներ”
  • Basque: “Cordillera Central”
  • Basque: “Erdialdeko Mendikatea”
  • Catalan: “Cordillera Central”
  • Catalan: “Serralada Central”
  • Cebuano: “Cordillera Central”
  • Chinese: “哥倫比亞中部山脈”
  • Czech: “Centrální Kordillera”
  • Czech: “Centrální Kordillery”
  • Dutch: “Cordillera Central”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Kordilero”
  • Esperanto: “Cordillera Central (Colombia)”
  • Estonian: “Kesk-Kordiljeerid”
  • French: “Cordillère Centrale”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური კორდილიერები (კოლუმბია)”
  • Georgian: “ცენტრალური კორდილიერები”
  • German: “Zentralkordillere”
  • Hebrew: “קורדיירה סנטרל”
  • Italian: “Cordigliera Centrale”
  • Italian: “Cordillera Central”
  • Japanese: “セントラル山脈 (コロンビア)”
  • Japanese: “中央山脈”
  • Ladin: “Cordillera Central”
  • Lithuanian: “Centrinė Kordiljera”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cordillera Central”
  • Norwegian: “Cordillera Central”
  • Polish: “Cordillera Central”
  • Polish: “Kordyliera Środkowa”
  • Portuguese: “Cordillera Central”
  • Russian: “Центральная Кордильера (Колумбия)”
  • Russian: “Центральная Кордильера”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Centralni Kordiljeri (Kolumbija)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Centralni Kordiljeri”
  • Slovenian: “Cordillera Central, Kolumbija”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera central de los Andes”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Central”
  • Swedish: “Centralkordiljäran”
  • Swedish: “Cordillera Central”
  • Turkish: “Orta Kordilera (Kolombiya)”
  • Turkish: “Orta Kordilera”
  • Ukrainian: “Кордильєра-Сентраль”
  • Venetian: “Cordejera Sentral”

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