Mariquita, Tolima
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- Mariquita redirects here. For the Spanish profanity word, see Maricón.
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| Country |  Colombia |
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| Department | Tolima Department | ||
| Time zone | Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5) | ||
San Sebastian de Mariquita is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia, about north of 180 km from Bogotá. This town and municipality contains several very Important Spanish settlements that were located here due to its vicinity to the Magdalena River. Today, Mariquita is frequented by tourists from the capital attracted to its natural diversity, like the Medina Waterfalls (Las Cataratas de Medina) and the mint (casa de la moneda). It was the place of death of the Spanish Conqueror Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and today it is home to large hotels and haciendas, among them La Villa de los Caballeros.
The population of the municipality was 32,642 as of the 2005 census.[1]
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Coordinates: 5°15′N 74°55′W / 5.25°N 74.917°W
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