Ricaurte | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 4°16′45″N 74°46′22″W / 4.27917°N 74.77278°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Cundinamarca |
Area | |
• Municipality and town | 128.3 km2 (49.5 sq mi) |
• Urban | 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi) |
Elevation | 284 m (932 ft) |
Population (2018 census)[1] | |
• Municipality and town | 12,881 |
• Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
• Urban | 6,857 |
• Urban density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
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.