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Bogota Colombia Temple facts

Location: Carrera 37 # 125A-45 in Niza section of northern Bogota, about 10 miles from downtown.

Members line up waiting for session to begin.Photo by John L. Hart

Schedule: Opened for ordinance work Tuesday, April 27; seven sessions daily, five sessions Saturday beginning at 8:30 a.m., and starting every hour and a half.

Temple presidency: Jerry P. Cahill, president; Jose Acinto Pira Quiue, first counselor; Arthur A. Done, second counselor.

Rooms: Four Ordinance rooms and three sealing rooms.

Dimensions: 76 feet by 186 feet, 53,500 square feet total.

Construction information: Architects, Church Architectural and Engineering Services, and Cuellar, Cerrano y Gomez, S.A.

District: Colombia and Panama; 130,000 members in Colombia and 32,000 in Panama.

Pertinent facts: Announced April 7, 1984; groundbreaking June 26, 1993; open house, March 27-April 18, 1999, with 127,107 attending; dedication, April 24-26 in 11 sessions. Temple grounds include patron housing facility.

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