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Covarachía

FieldValue
nameCovarachía
settlement_typeMunicipality and town
image_skylineUnion Quebrada de Vera- Rio Chicamocha.jpg
image_flagFlag of Covarachía (Boyacá).svg
image_mapColombia - Boyaca - Covarachia.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of the municipality and town of Covarachía 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_name2Northern Boyacá Province
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameWilson Isay Moreno Vega
(2020-2023)
established_titleFounded
established_date10 February 1823
founderJuan Zámano & Felipe Pérez
area_total_km2103
population_as_of2015
population_total2861
population_density_km2auto
population_urban516
timezoneColombia Standard Time
utc_offset-5
elevation_m2320
websiteOfficial website

(2020-2023)

Covarachía is a town and municipality in the Northern Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. The urban centre is located at 208 km from the department capital Tunja at an altitude of 2320 m in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders San José de Miranda and Capitanejo (both Santander) in the north, Tipacoque in the south, Capitanejo in the east and in the west the municipalities Onzaga and San Joaquín (Santander).

Etymology

The name Covarachía is a combination of Spanish and Chibcha; "cave of the Moon", with Chía referring to the Moon goddess Chía.

History

Covarachía was inhabited by indigenous people during the Herrera Period, and later, in the northeasternmost part of the Muisca Confederation, ruled by a cacique. Covarachía is bordered by the Chicamocha River and the territories to the east of the town were inhabited by the Lache people. The Muisca were the people who lived on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s.

Modern Covarachía, called Ricaurte between 1858 and 1869, was founded on February 10, 1823, by Juan Zámano and Felipe Pérez.

Economy

Main economical activities of Covarachía are agriculture and livestock farming. Important agricultural products are tobacco, fique, pineapples, yuca, maize, peas, sugarcane, tomatoes and melons.

References

References

  1. {{in lang. es [https://archive.today/20150602083433/http://www.covarachia-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Covarachía]
  2. {{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Covarachía] - Excelsio.net
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