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Tipacoque

Field	Value
name	Tipacoque
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Tipacoque 1 (48).jpg
image_caption	View of Tipacoque
image_flag	Flag of Tipacoque.svg
image_seal	Escudo Tipacoque.png
image_map	Colombia - Boyaca - Tipacoque.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Tipacoque 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	Northern Boyacá Province
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Carlos Nelson Díaz Pérez
(2020-2023)
established_title	Founded
established_date	28 November 1968
founder	Elvia Sandoval de Rojas
area_total_km2	72.067
population_as_of	2015
population_total	3206
population_urban	867
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	1850
website	Official website

(2020-2023)

Tipacoque is a municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia, located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Tipacoque is situated on the western flank of the Chicamocha river canyon. It is part of the Northern Boyacá Province.

Etymology

Tipacoque is derived from Zipacoque, which in Chibcha means "dependency of the zaque", referring to the zaque rule of the village in the times of the Muisca Confederation, the loose confederation of rulers of the Muisca.

Geography and climate

The total area of the municipality is 72 km2. To the north it borders Covarachía and Capitanejo and to the south it borders Soatá. The Chicamocha River separates it from Capitanejo and Boavita in the east. Finally, a branch of the Eastern mountain range separates it from Onzaga (in Santander) in the west. This range varies from 1,200 meters at the base of the Chicamocha Canyon to over 3,000 meters at "Cruz de Roble".

The municipality is located at an altitude of 1850 m above sea level. Its average temperature is 18 °C (64.4 °F). The warmest months are December and January, when the temperature exceeds 25 °C. The climate is predominantly dry.

The vegetation is varied. The fauna is composed mainly by mammal species like rabbits, armadillos and tinajos, which live in the higher altitudes. In the lowlands, reptiles predominate. The most common birds are garrapateros, hummingbirds, toches, turpiales, gurrias, doves, perdices, pregoneros and cuchicas, native species that can be found in the creeks which feed the Chicamocha river.

Tripacoque is located 174 km from Tunja, the capital of Boyacá. The main highway which connects Tipacoque with Bogotá and the east of Colombia is 174 km long, of which 150 km are paved (87%).

Trivia

The novel Tipacoque: Estampas de provincia (1971) by Eduardo Caballero Calderón describes the Colombian society in this region of Boyacá

Gallery

File:Tipacoque boy.jpg|View of Tipacoque File:Tipacoque parque iglesia.JPG|Central square and church File:Hidro tipacoque.jpg|Chicamocha River Canyon

References

{{in lang. es [https://www.tipacoque-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tipacoque]

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