Arcabuco
Sign in to saveArcabuco is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Arcabuco is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban centre at an altitude of . The municipality borders Moniquirá and Gámbita in the north, Villa de Leyva and Chíquiza in the south, Cómbita in the east and Gachantivá and Villa de Leyva in the west. The department capital Tunja is to the south.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Arcabuco
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Parque Arcabuco.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Central square and church of Arcabuco
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Arcabuco.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Arcabuco.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Arcabuco in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boyacá Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ricaurte Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Yamith Rodrigo Rodriguez Lopez(2020–2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Arcabuco
- Population
- 5240
- Area
- 155
- Elevation
- 2739
- Official website
- www.arcabuco-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Parque Arcabuco.jpg
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- Commons category
- Arcabuco
- inception
- 1856-10-22
- native label
- Arcabuco
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- Named after Arcabuco
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Arcabuco is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Arcabuco is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban centre at an altitude of . The municipality borders Moniquirá and Gámbita in the north, Villa de Leyva and Chíquiza in the south, Cómbita in the east and Gachantivá and Villa de Leyva in the west. The department capital Tunja is to the south.
== Etymology == The name Arcabuco comes from Chibcha and means either "Place of the intricate scrublands" or "Place enclosed by the hills".
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