Cáqueza
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Cáqueza () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The town, located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, is from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Fosca in the south, Ubaque in the north, Une and Chipaque in the west and Quetame in the east.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cáqueza
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Bigcaqueza.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Cáqueza
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Cáqueza (Cundinamarca).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Cáqueza.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Cáqueza.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
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- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cundinamarca
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Eastern Province, Cundinamarca
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cundinamarca Department
- Area
- 38
- Elevation
- 1746
- Capital of
- Eastern Province
- Official website
- www.caqueza-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Bigcaqueza.JPG
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- Commons category
- Cáqueza
- inception
- 1600-10-23
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Born in Cáqueza
- Gallery
- References
Cáqueza () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The town, located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, is from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Fosca in the south, Ubaque in the north, Une and Chipaque in the west and Quetame in the east.
== Etymology == The name Cáqueza comes from Chibcha and means "Region or enclosure without forest".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cáqueza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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