Cerinza
Sign in to saveCerinza is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, and part of the Tundama Province subregion. Cerinza borders Belén in the northeast, Encino in the northwest, Santander in the west, Santa Rosa de Viterbo in the south, Floresta in the south-southeast and Betéitiva in the east-southeast.
Key facts
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- Cerinza
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- Municipality and town
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- Church of Cerinza
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- Flag of Cerinza (Boyacá).svg
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- Colombia - Boyaca - Cerinza.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town of Cerinza in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
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- 300
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Department
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- Boyacá Department
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- Province
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- Tundama Province
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- Mayor
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- Juan Alcibíades Cely Amaya (2020-2023)
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- Founded
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Cerinza is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, and part of the Tundama Province subregion. Cerinza borders Belén in the northeast, Encino in the northwest, Santander in the west, Santa Rosa de Viterbo in the south, Floresta in the south-southeast and Betéitiva in the east-southeast.
== History == Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the area of Cerinza was ruled by the cacique of Tundama, present-day Duitama. The cacicazgo was part of the Muisca Confederation, the former country in the central highlands of the Colombian Andes. The Muisca spoke Chibcha and in that language Cerinza means "my throat". The village was named after the cacique with the same name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cerinza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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