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Nemocón

Nemocón is a town on the high plateau north of Bogotá in Cundinamarca, Colombia. With nearby Zipaquirá it was one of the main salt-producing centres of the Muisca, whose brine-boiled salt was traded widely for gold, cotton and other goods. Its salt mine is still worked and is a tourist site.

Nemocón
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Muisca ConfederationSocioeconomy

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Muisca ConfederationZipazgo of Bacatá

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nemocón. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nemocon
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“Nemocón.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nemocon. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Nemocón.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nemocon.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Nemocón’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/nemocon (Accessed: ).

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