Gachalá
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Gachalá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Gachalá is situated at a distance of from the capital Bogotá at an altitude of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders the western portion of the split municipality Ubalá and the department of Boyacá in the north, the eastern part of Ubalá and Medina in the east, Fómeque, Junín and Gama in the west and Fómeque, Medina and the department of Meta in the south.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Gachalá is referenced by 236 other articles, and connects out to Marmato, Colombia and Bogotá.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1810 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department and Populated places established in 1810.
Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gachalá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Central square and church of Gachalá
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- Flag of Gachalá (Cundinamarca).svg
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- Escudo de Gachalá.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Gachalá.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Gachalá inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
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- Colombia
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- 250
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Department
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- Cundinamarca
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Guavio Province
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- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cundinamarca Department
- Area
- 448.29
- Elevation
- 1712
- Official website
- www.gachala-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Gachala.JPG
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- Commons category
- Gachalá
- inception
- 1810-02-22
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Born in Gachalá
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Gachalá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Gachalá is situated at a distance of from the capital Bogotá at an altitude of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders the western portion of the split municipality Ubalá and the department of Boyacá in the north, the eastern part of Ubalá and Medina in the east, Fómeque, Junín and Gama in the west and Fómeque, Medina and the department of Meta in the south.
== Etymology == The name of Gachalá is derived from Chibcha and means "clay vessel of the night" or "defeat of the night".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gachalá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations