# Tequendama Falls

- **Country:** Colombia
- **Coordinates:** 4.574167, -74.293333
- **Height:** 132 m
- **Location:** Soacha,Cundinamarca,Colombia
- **Elevation:** 2385 m
- **Watercourse:** Bogotá River
- **Number Drops:** 1
- **Photo Caption:** Tequendama Falls

The Tequendama Falls is a high waterfall of the Bogotá River, located southwest of Bogotá in the municipality of Soacha. Named after the adjacent settlement of Tequendama, it holds historical significance as one of Colombia's earliest permanent settlements. The falls were painted in 1854 by Frederic Edwin Church. One of the country's tourist attractions, the falls are located in a forested area west of Bogotá. The river surges through a rocky gorge that narrows to about at the brink of the high falls. During the month of December the falls become completely dry. The falls, once a common site for suicides, may be reached by road from Bogotá.

![Photo of Tequendama Falls](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Salto_de_Tequendama_1.jpeg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tequendama_Falls (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)