El Peñón
El Peñón de Terama
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Municipality and town
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Church of El Peñón
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Location of El Peñón in Cundinamarca
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  El Peñón Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 5°15′6″N 74°17′10″W / 5.25167°N 74.28611°W / 5.25167; -74.28611 | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Cundinamarca |
| Province | Rionegro |
| Founded | 1822 |
| Founded by | Pedro Bustos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gustavo Adolfo Mojica Vargas (2016-2019) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality and town | 132 km2 (51 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,310 m (4,300 ft) |
| Population
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| • Municipality and town | 4,805 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (94/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 445 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
El Peñón is a municipality and town of Colombia in the departmentofCundinamarca. It is located at an altitude of 1,310 metres (4,300 ft) in the western flanks of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality, part of the Rionegro Province borders Topaipí in the north, Vergara and Nimaima in the south, Pacho in the east and La Peña and La Palma in the west. The municipality is 120 kilometres (75 mi) northwest of the capital Bogotá and thanks to the lower elevation has a temperate climate averaging 21 °C (70 °F).
The Lower Cretaceous El Peñón Formation is named after El Peñón.
The area of El Peñón before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Panche. Modern El Peñón was founded in 1822 by Pedro Bustos as El Peñón de Terama, named after a cacique of the Panche that resisted the Spanish conquistadors and died in 1565.[1]
