Mariquita, Tolima
San Sebastián de Mariquita is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia, about northwest of Bogotá. This town and municipality contains several important Spanish settlements that were located here due to its vicinity to the Magdalena River. Today, Mariquita is frequented by tourists from the capital visiting attractions like the Medina Waterfalls and the mint. The Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada is buried there. Today it is home to large hotels and haciendas, among them Villa de los Caballeros.
The population of the municipality was 32,642 as of the 2005 census.
