Gachantivá
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Gachantivá is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Gachantivá is located at altitudes ranging from to on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and borders Villa de Leyva in the south, Santa Sofía in the west, Arcabuco in the east and Moniquirá in the north.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gachantivá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Gachantiva centro.JPG
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- View of Gachantivá
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- Flag of Gachantivá (Boyacá).svg
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- Colombia - Boyaca - Gachantiva.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town of Gachantivá in the Boyacá department of Colombia
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- 300
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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
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ricaurte Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Pedro Alonso Aguillón Puentes(2020-2023)
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- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Official name
- Gachantivá
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Population
- 2654
- Area
- 66
- Elevation
- 2119
- Official website
- www.gachantiva-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Gachantiva parque.JPG
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- Commons category
- Gachantivá
- inception
- 1715-00-00
- native label
- Gachantivá
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
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Gachantivá is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Gachantivá is located at altitudes ranging from to on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and borders Villa de Leyva in the south, Santa Sofía in the west, Arcabuco in the east and Moniquirá in the north.
== Etymology == The name Gachantivá comes from Chibcha and means "chief of the Gacha".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gachantivá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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