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Boyacá, Boyacá

Field	Value
name	Boyacá
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Iglesia Municipio de Boyaca.JPG
image_caption	Church of Boyacá
image_flag	Flag of Boyacá (Boyacá).svg
image_map	Colombia - Boyaca - Boyaca.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Boyacá in the Boyacá department of Colombia
pushpin_mapsize	300
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Colombia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Colombia
subdivision_type1	Department
subdivision_name1	Boyacá Department
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Márquez Province
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Rafael Antonio Rátiva Díaz
(2020-2023)
established_title	Founded
established_date	8 August 1537
founder	Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
area_total_km2	48
population_as_of	2015
population_total	4472
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	403
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	2420
website	Official website

(2020-2023)

Boyacá is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, part of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. It is located approximately 15 km from the city of Tunja, the capital of the department. Boyacá limits Tunja and Soracá in the north, Jenesano in the south, Nuevo Colón and Ramiriquí in the west and Ventaquemada in the east.

Etymology

The name of both the municipality and the department, Boyacá, comes from Chibcha and means "Region of the blankets" or "Enclosure of the cacique".

History

Boyacá in the times before the Spanish conquest was ruled by the zaque of nearby Hunza, the ruler of the Muisca, who were organised in their loose Muisca Confederation.

Modern Boyacá was founded on August 8, 1537, by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who was searching for the mythical El Dorado.

Gallery

File:Iglesia Municipio de Boyacá.jpg|Church of Boyacá File:Alcaldía Municipio de Boyaca.JPG|Council building File:Festividad en Honor a San Isidro Municipio de Boyacá.jpg|San Isidro Festival File:Huertos en Honor a San Isidro Municipio de Boyacá.JPG|Local produce at the San Isidro Festival File:Principal Park.jpg|Principal Park File:Streets of Boyacá (Boyacá).jpg|Streets of Boyacá (Boyacá)

References

Bibliography

Senado de la República de Colombia (1989), Municipios colombianos. Bogotá: Pama Editores Ltda.

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.boyaca-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Boyacá] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-05-30)
es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Boyacá] - Excelsio.net

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