Macanal
Sign in to saveMacanal is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Neira Province. The urban centre is located in the Tenza Valley in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at an elevation of but parts of the municipality reach elevations of . It borders Campohermoso in the east, Almeida in the west, Garagoa in the north and in the south Santa María and Chivor.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Macanal
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Iglesia macanal.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Macanal
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Macanal (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Macanal.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Macanal 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
- Neira Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Javier Andrés Solano Rojas(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Area
- 199.5
- Elevation
- 1467
- Official website
- www.macanal-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Iglesia macanal.jpg
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- Commons category
- Macanal
- inception
- 1807-05-04
- language of work or name
- Arawakan
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Macanal is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Neira Province. The urban centre is located in the Tenza Valley in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at an elevation of but parts of the municipality reach elevations of . It borders Campohermoso in the east, Almeida in the west, Garagoa in the north and in the south Santa María and Chivor.
== Etymology == The name Macanal is either derived from the Chibcha word Macana, meaning garrote, or from the Macana palm tree (Wettinia kalbreyeri).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macanal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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