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Tibiritá

Field	Value
name	Tibirita
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_flag	Flag of Tibirita (Cundinamarca).svg
image_map	Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tibirita.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Tibirita inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
pushpin_map	Colombia
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Colombia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Colombia
subdivision_type1	Department
subdivision_name1	Flag of Cundinamarca.svg Cundinamarca
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Almeidas Province
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Maria Antonia Martín Mateus
(2020-2023)
established_title	Founded
established_date	9 July 1593
founder	Miguel de Ibarra
area_total_km2	57.2
area_urban_km2	0.26
population_as_of	2015
population_total	2950
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	492
coordinates
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	1980
website

(2020-2023) Tibirita is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Tibirita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of 125 km from the capital Bogotá. It borders Villapinzón in the north, in the east La Capilla (Boyacá), in the south Guateque (Boyacá) and in the west Manta, Machetá and Chocontá.

History

The area of Tibiritá was populated by the Muisca before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s. The village was ruled by the zaque of Hunza, present day capital of Boyacá Tunja. Modern Tibiritá was founded on July 9, 1553 by Miguel de Ibarra. The name Tibiritá is Chibcha.

Economy

Main economical activity of Tibiritá is dairy farming.

Born in Tibirita

Rufino Cuervo Barreto, 4 months president of the Republic of New Granada

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.tibirita-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tibirita] - accessed 07-05-2016

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