# Tenjo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tenjo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tenjo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenjo > Source revision: 1349294309 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Tenjo | settlement_type = Municipality and town | image_skyline = Overview of Tenjo, Cundinamarca, Colombia- 2013-11-05 00-29.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = View of Tenjo | image_flag = Flag of Tenjo.svg | image_shield = Escudo de Tenjo.svg | nickname = | image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tenjo.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location of the town and municipality of Tenjo in Cundinamarca Department | pushpin_map = Colombia | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia | coordinates = {{coord|4|55|N|74|10|W|region:CO|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Colombia | subdivision_type1 = [Department](/source/departments_of_Colombia) | subdivision_name1 = [Cundinamarca](/source/Cundinamarca_Department) | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = [Central Savanna Province](/source/Central_Savanna_Province) | established_title = Founded | established_date = 8 April 1603 | founder = Diego Gómez de Mena | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Ivan David Nemocon Espinosa
(2023-2027) | area_total_km2 = 108 | area_urban_km2 = 2 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | elevation_m = 2587 | population_total = 18387 | population_as_of = 2015 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = 10915 | population_note = | timezone = Colombia Standard Time | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | website = [http://www.tenjo-cundinamarca.gov.co/ Official website] | footnotes = }} '''Tenjo''' is a municipality and town of [Colombia](/source/Colombia) in the [Central Savanna Province](/source/Central_Savanna_Province), part of the [department](/source/Departments_of_Colombia) of [Cundinamarca](/source/Cundinamarca_Department). The urban centre is located at an altitude of {{convert|2587|m|ft}} on the [Bogotá savanna](/source/Bogot%C3%A1_savanna). Tenjo is part of the [Metropolitan Area of Bogotá](/source/Metropolitan_Area_of_Bogot%C3%A1) and borders [Chía](/source/Ch%C3%ADa%2C_Cundinamarca), [Madrid](/source/Madrid%2C_Cundinamarca), [Tabio](/source/Tabio), [Funza](/source/Funza), [Subachoque](/source/Subachoque) and [Cota](/source/Cota%2C_Cundinamarca).{{in lang|es}} [http://www.tenjo-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tenjo] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140310084935/http://www.tenjo-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml |date=2014-03-10 }} == Etymology == Tenjo in [Muisca language](/source/Chibcha_language) literally translates "in the big mouth". == History == The area of Tenjo was inhabited by the [Muisca](/source/Muisca_people) in the times before the [Spanish conquest](/source/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Muisca). Tenjo was [ruled](/source/Muisca_rulers) by the ''[zipa](/source/zipa)'' based in [Bacatá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1). Ancient [rock art](/source/rock_art) has been discovered in Tenjo. Modern Tenjo was founded on April 8, 1603, by Diego Gómez de Mena. On the 7 of May, 1637, it was decided that the first church of the town was to be built by Alonso Serrano Hernández after being hired by Juan de Vera, Cristóbal Gómez de Silva, Juan de Orejuela and Juan de Artieda. The church was completed on August 17, 1645. By the year of 1778, there was a population of 1,009 people and 211 families, excluding 983 other native people who inhabited Tenjo. == Economy == Tenjo's economy is mainly based on [horticulture](/source/horticulture) and livestock-breeding. Thanks to its relatively close position to [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1), Tenjo is starting to become part of its suburbs and with many schools being established here that have collaborated with this effect. == Sister cities == * {{ESP}}: [Las Gabias](/source/Las_Gabias){{Cite web |url=http://www.femp.es/files/566-1112-archivo/LISTADO%20DE%20HERMANAMIENTOS%20CON%20LATINOAM%C3%89RICA.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-12-28 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081811/http://www.femp.es/files/566-1112-archivo/LISTADO%20DE%20HERMANAMIENTOS%20CON%20LATINOAM%C3%89RICA.pdf/ |url-status=dead }} == Born in Tenjo == * [Crisanto Luque Sánchez](/source/Crisanto_Luque_S%C3%A1nchez) (1889–1959), [cardinal](/source/Cardinal_(Catholicism)) of the [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) ==Climate== {{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Tenjo (Providencia Gja), elevation {{convert|2560|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 20.1 |Feb high C = 20.3 |Mar high C = 20.0 |Apr high C = 19.7 |May high C = 19.3 |Jun high C = 18.9 |Jul high C = 18.6 |Aug high C = 18.7 |Sep high C = 19.2 |Oct high C = 19.3 |Nov high C = 19.3 |Dec high C = 19.7 | year high C = 19.4 |Jan mean C = 13.3 |Feb mean C = 13.7 |Mar mean C = 13.9 |Apr mean C = 14.2 |May mean C = 14.2 |Jun mean C = 13.9 |Jul mean C = 13.6 |Aug mean C = 13.6 |Sep mean C = 13.6 |Oct mean C = 13.7 |Nov mean C = 13.8 |Dec mean C = 13.5 | year mean C = 13.7 |Jan low C = 4.6 |Feb low C = 5.7 |Mar low C = 6.7 |Apr low C = 8.1 |May low C = 8.2 |Jun low C = 7.6 |Jul low C = 6.9 |Aug low C = 6.7 |Sep low C = 6.2 |Oct low C = 7.0 |Nov low C = 7.1 |Dec low C = 5.7 | year low C = 6.7 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 28.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 45.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 74.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 99.9 |May precipitation mm = 98.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 70.1 |Jul precipitation mm = 54.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 47.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 65.5 |Oct precipitation mm = 100.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 80.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 55.4 |year precipitation mm = 820.1 | Jan precipitation days = 8 | Feb precipitation days = 10 | Mar precipitation days = 14 | Apr precipitation days = 17 | May precipitation days = 18 | Jun precipitation days = 17 | Jul precipitation days = 17 | Aug precipitation days = 16 | Sep precipitation days = 15 | Oct precipitation days = 17 | Nov precipitation days = 16 | Dec precipitation days = 11 | year precipitation days = 177 | Jan humidity = 79 | Feb humidity = 79 | Mar humidity = 81 | Apr humidity = 82 | May humidity = 82 | Jun humidity = 80 | Jul humidity = 78 | Aug humidity = 78 | Sep humidity = 79 | Oct humidity = 82 | Nov humidity = 82 | Dec humidity = 81 | year humidity = 80 |source 1 = [Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales](/source/Institute_of_Hydrology%2C_Meteorology_and_Environmental_Studies_(Colombia)){{cite web |url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010 |publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales |language=es |access-date= 17 June 2024 |url-status=dead}} }} == Gallery == File:Parque central Tenjo.JPG|Church of Tenjo File:Capilla Doctrinera Tenjo.jpg|Chapel in Tenjo File:EdeficioMunicipaldeTenjo.jpg|City council File:25799 Grutas Tenjo LFAA.jpg|Cave in Tenjo File:BICOLORtenjo.jpg|Rock art in Tenjo == References == {{Commons category|Tenjo}} {{Reflist}} {{Municipalities cundinamarca department}} {{Authority control}} Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department Category:Populated places established in 1603 Category:1603 establishments in the Spanish Empire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tenjo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenjo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenjo?action=history)). 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