Tamaulipas, Mexico · North America
El Abra sits on the route: 10 minutes from Quintero.
El Abra is a town located in Tamaulipas, Mexico. With a population of 2,342, it is an important destination in North America.
On a road trip, El Abra sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Monterrey time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add El Abra to your route.
El Abra is the name given to an extensive archeological site, located in the valley of the same name. El Abra is situated in the east of the municipality Zipaquirá extending to the westernmost part of Tocancipá in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The several hundred metres long series of rock shelters is inRead more
the north of the Bogotá savanna on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at an altitude of 2,570 metres (8,430 ft). The rock shelter and cave system is one of the first evidences of human settlement in the Americas, dated at 12,400 ± 160 years BP. The site was used by the hunter-gatherers of the Late Pleistocene epoch.
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El Abra is located in Tamaulipas, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 22.6203 latitude, -99.0202 longitude.
El Abra has a population of approximately 2,342 people, making it a town in Mexico.
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