Duitama
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Duitama () is a city and municipality in the department of Boyacá. It's the capital of the Tundama Province. Duitama is located northeast of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia and northeast of Tunja, the capital of Boyacá. In 2023 Duitama had an estimated population of 131,591.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Duitama
- Settlement.nickname
- Perla de Boyacá("Pearl of Boyacá")
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and city
- Settlement.image_caption
- Top: Pueblito Boyacense, Second: Duitama rural area, Third: Briceño-Tunja-Sogamoso Highway, Fourth: Skyline Duitama, Fifth: Antonio Nariño University - Duitama Campus, Bottom: Onion cultivation in the south of Duitama
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Duitama.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Duitama.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Duitama.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the town and municipality of Duitama in Boyacá Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boyacá
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tundama Province
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jose Luis Bohórquez López(2024–2027)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Population
- 132894
- Area
- 266.93
- Elevation
- 2530
- Capital of
- Tundama Province
- Official website
- www.duitama-boyaca.gov.co
- Image
- Duitama (2007).jpg
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- Commons category
- Duitama
- topic's main category
- Category:Duitama
- inception
- 1819-07-27
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- Conquest of Duitama
- Tundama in Muisca history
- Colonial period
- Modern age
- International events
- Tourism
- Born in Duitama
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Duitama () is a city and municipality in the department of Boyacá. It's the capital of the Tundama Province. Duitama is located northeast of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia and northeast of Tunja, the capital of Boyacá. In 2023 Duitama had an estimated population of 131,591.
== Etymology == Duitama has existed since pre-Columbian times, when the Muisca inhabited the hills surrounding a former lake in the valley. The original name of Duitama was "Tundama", named after cacique Tundama.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Duitama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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