CUNDINAMARCA  , till 1909 a See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the eastern See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of See also:

• COLOMBIA

Colombia, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICA

America, having the departments of Quesada and Tundama on the N., Tolima on the W. and S., and the See also:

• META

Meta territory on the S.E. and E . The territorial redistribution of 1905 deprived Cundinamarca of its territories on the eastern plains, and a See also:

• PART

part of its territory in the Eastern See also:

• CORDILLERA

Cordillera out of which Quesada and the Federal See also:

• DISTRICT

district were created—its See also:

• AREA

area being reduced from 79,691 to 5o6o sq. m., and its estimated See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population from 500,000 to 225,000 . A considerable part of its area consists of plateaus enjoying a temperate See also:

• CLIMATE

climate and producing the fruits and cereals of the temperate See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone, and another important part lies in the valley of the Magdalena and is tropical in See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . The district of Fusagasuga in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern part of this region is celebrated for the excellence of its See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee . The See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the department was Facatativa (est. population, 9500), situated on the western margin of the sabana of See also:

• BOGOTA, or SANTA FE DE BOGOTA

Bogota, 25 M . N.W. from that capitalby See also:

• RAIL

rail . Other important towns are Caqueza, Sibate, La Meza and Tocaima .