Cucaita
Sign in to saveCucaita is a municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of Boyacá Department, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. Cucaita borders Sora in the north, Tunja in the east and south and Samacá in the south and west.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Cucaita is referenced by 152 other articles, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Colombia and agriculture.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1556 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Boyacá Department and Populated places established in 1556.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cucaita
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cucaita Boyaca 07.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Cucaita
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Cucaita (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Cucaita.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Cucaita.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Cucaita 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
- Central Boyacá Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Marcos Daniel Borda Parra(2024-2027)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Central Boyacá Province
- Area
- 43.58
- Elevation
- 2650
- Official website
- www.cucaita-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Cucaita panorámica.JPG
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- Commons category
- Cucaita
- inception
- 1556-01-01
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Born in Cucaita
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Cucaita is a municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of Boyacá Department, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. Cucaita borders Sora in the north, Tunja in the east and south and Samacá in the south and west.
== Etymology == The name Cucaita is derived from Chibcha and means either "Seminary enclosure" or "Shade of the farming fields".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cucaita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations