Rondón, Boyacá 2.78

Rondón is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, part of Boyacá Department, Colombia. The urban centre of Rondón is situated at an altitude of 2075m on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Colombian Eastern Ranges of the Andes. It is 61km away from the departmental capital Tunja. Rondón borders Viracachá and Siachoque in the north, Zetaquirá and Ramiriquí in the south, Pesca in the east and Ramiriquí and Ciénega in the west.EtymologyPreviously, Rondón was called San Rafael. In earlier times, the area of Rondón was known as a forested terrain called La Galera. It received the name Rondón honouring the independence hero of the Vargas Swamp Battle Juan José Rondón.HistoryThe terrain of Rondón was completely forested until the mid 19th century, when the lands passed through various families of land owners. The newly founded settlement was populated by people coming from Ramiriquí, Ciénega, Viracachá and Pesca. The town received the status of municipality on June 30, 1904 by Ignacio Aristides Medina Ávila.