Sumapaz River
The Sumapaz River is a major tributary of the Magdalena River in Colombia. The 95 kilometres long river originates in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at the largest páramo in the world; Sumapaz, of which it takes its name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Santiago Vila Airport.
Santiago Vila Airport
Aerodrome
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Santiago Vila Airport is an airport serving Girardot, a city in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia. The airport is 3.1 kilometres south of Girardot, across the Magdalena River by the town of Flandes in the Tolima Department.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ricaurte and Flandes.
Ricaurte
Town
Ricaurte is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. A law issued on 14 November 1857 created the Peñalisa District and December of the same year the name was changed to Ricaurte; in 1937 it was annexed to the Girardot municipality but it recovered its condition of municipality in 1968.
Flandes
Town
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Flandes is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 28,389 as of the 2018 census. Flandes is situated 4½ km northwest of Sumapaz River.
Sumapaz River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Colombia
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Cundinamarca, Andino, Colombia, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Swedish—“Sumapaz River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Sumapaz”
- Cebuano: “Río Sumapaz”
- Croatian: “Sumapaz (rijeka)”
- Croatian: “Sumapaz”
- Esperanto: “Sumapaz”
- French: “Río Sumapaz”
- Galician: “Río Sumapaz”
- Hebrew: “סומפס”
- Spanish: “Rio Sumapaz”
- Spanish: “Río Sumapaz”
- Swedish: “Río Sumapaz”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as San Rafael and Flandes Locality.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bogotá River and Isla Vacazunga.
Cundinamarca: Must-Visit Destinations
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Curious Streams to Discover
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sumapaz River”. Photo: Carlos.martinez1309, CC BY-SA 4.0.