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Puerto Salgar
Municipality and town
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Flag of Puerto Salgar
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Official seal of Puerto Salgar
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Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
Puerto Salgar is located in Colombia
Puerto Salgar
Puerto Salgar
Location in Colombia
Country  Colombia
Department Cundinamarca
Area
 • Municipality and town 515.9 km2 (199.2 sq mi)
 • Urban
1.98 km2 (0.76 sq mi)
Population
 (Census 2018)
 • Municipality and town 15,019
 • Density 29.112/km2 (75.400/sq mi)
 • Urban
11,082
 • Urban density 5,597/km2 (14,500/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Puerto Salgar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto salˈɣaɾ]) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the northwestern part of the department of Cundinamarca. It came to international attention when the US ambassador in Colombia announced the Palanquero Air Base had entered a recertification process, possibly in order to host US military personnel as a replacement to the Manta Air Base. As of July 2009, negotiations were ongoing.

On 29 December 2015, Puerto Salgar recorded a temperature of 45.0 °C (113.0 °F), which is the highest temperature to have ever been recorded in Colombia.

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