Chiquinquirá
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Chiquinquirá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. Located some 115 km north of Bogotá, Chiquinquirá is situated above sea level and has a yearly average temperature
Key facts
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- Chiquinquirá
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- Municipality and town
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- View of Chiquinquirá
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- Flag of Chiquinquirá.svg
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- Escudo de Chiquinquira.svg
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- Colombia - Boyaca - Chiquinquira.svg
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- Location of the municipality and town of Chiquinquirá in the Boyacá Department of Colombia.
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- Colombia
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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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- Western Boyacá Province
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- Mayor
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- Wilmar Ancizar Triana González(2020–2023)
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- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Official name
- Chiquinquirá
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Western Boyacá Province
- Population
- 85274
- Area
- 133
- Elevation
- 2556
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Capital of
- Western Boyacá Province
- Official website
- www.chiquinquira-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Plaza y basílica de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Chiquinquirá.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography and religion
- History
- Conquest
- Viceroyalty
- 19th-century
- 20th-century
- Climate
- Geology
- Demography
- Economy
- Infrastructure
- Security
- Gallery
- References
Chiquinquirá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. Located some 115 km north of Bogotá, Chiquinquirá is situated above sea level and has a yearly average temperature
== Etymology == The name Chiquinquirá comes from Chibcha and means "Place of swamps covered with fog".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chiquinquirá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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