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Chivatá


FieldValue
nameChivatá
settlement_typeMunicipality and town
image_skylineChivatá Parque.JPG
image_captionCentral square of Chivatá
image_flagBanderaChivatá.png
image_mapColombia - Boyaca - Chivata.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of the municipality and town of Chivatá in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
pushpin_mapsize300
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Colombia
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameColombia
subdivision_type1Department
subdivision_name1Boyacá Department
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Central Boyacá Province
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameRafael Antonio Fonseca Cely
(2020-2023)
established_titleFounded
established_date5 March 1556
area_total_km256
area_urban_km220
population_as_of2015
population_total6199
population_density_km2auto
population_urban2557
timezoneColombia Standard Time
utc_offset-5
elevation_m2903
websiteOfficial website

(2020-2023)

Chivatá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of 2903 m on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at 5 km from the department capital Tunja. It borders Oicatá, Toca and Tuta in the north, Toca and Siachoque in the east, Siachoque and Soracá in the south and Tunja in the west.

Etymology

The name Chivatá is derived from the Chibcha language of the Muisca who inhabited the central highlands of Colombia before the Spanish conquest in the 1530s. It means "Our outside farmfields".

History

Chivatá was ruled by a cacique named Chipatá, loyal to the zaque of nearby Hunza before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores. Modern Chivatá was founded on March 5, 1556.

References

References

  1. {{in lang. es [https://archive.today/20150529032900/http://www.chivata-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Chivatá]
  2. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Chivatá] - Excelsio.net
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