South AmericaColombiaTolima Department
Melgar
Tolima Department, Colombia · South America
About Melgar
Melgar sits on the route: 20 minutes from Carmen de Apicalá.
Melgar is in Tolima Department, Colombia, with about 26,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Carmen de Apicalá, about 11 km away.
Melgar (Spanish pronunciation: [melˈɣaɾ]) is a Colombian municipality and town in the Department of Tolima, 98 km (61 mi) southwest of Bogotá and 1 hour east of Ibagué, the capital city of Tolima.
Melgar is located in the Sumapaz River Valley and borders the Department of Cundinamarca and Sumapaz River to the north,Read more
town of Icononzo to the east, the towns of Cunday at the south and Carmen de Apicala to the west.
The town is home to a major military base called Tolemaida Air Base.
Melgar is a very popular weekend destination for Bogota residents. Temperature ranges between 28 and 35 °C (82 and 95 °F). It is known in Colombia as the "City of the Swimming Pools" or the "Sea of Swimming Pools" because of its more than 5,000 swimming pools. It is a major inland resort, which the people of Bogotá visit on weekends to flee the capital's cold weather for the warm climate of the valley.
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Melgar is in Tolima Department, Colombia, about 11 km from Carmen de Apicalá.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 25,980
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Colombia
- Region
- Tolima Department
- Timezone
- America/Bogota
- Coordinates
- 4.2047, -74.6407
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