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Also known as Gachancipa

Gachancipá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Suesca and Nemocón in the north, Tocancipá in the south, Sesquilé and Guatavita in the east and Zipaquirá in the west.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Gachancipá
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality and town
Settlement.image_skyline
Parque principal Gachancipá.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Central square
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of Gachancipá.svg
Settlement.image_seal
Escudo de Gachancipá.svg
Settlement.image_map
Colombia - Cundinamarca - Gachancipá.svg
Settlement.mapsize
250px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_map
Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Cundinamarca
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Central Savanna Province
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Country
Colombia
Area
44
Elevation
2568
Image
Parque principal Gachancipá.jpg
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Commons category
Gachancipá
inception
1612-01-01
language of work or name
Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview

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Gachancipá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Suesca and Nemocón in the north, Tocancipá in the south, Sesquilé and Guatavita in the east and Zipaquirá in the west.

== Etymology == The name Gachancipá comes from Chibcha and means "Pottery of the zipa".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gachancipá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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