Machetá
Sign in to saveMachetá is a municipality and town of Colombia in Almeidas Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Machetá is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the capital Bogotá and from Tunja. It borders Tibiritá and Manta in the east, Chocontá and Sesquilé in the west and Guatavita and Gachetá in the south.
Key facts
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- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Machetá.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town 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
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- Almeidas Province
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Rafael Mauricio Forero Briceño(2016-2019)
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- Founded
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- 1593
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- Miguel de Ibarra
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 229.35
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 5.35
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 229.35
- Elevation
- 2094
- Official website
- www.macheta-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Macheta 1.jpg
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Machetá is a municipality and town of Colombia in Almeidas Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Machetá is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the capital Bogotá and from Tunja. It borders Tibiritá and Manta in the east, Chocontá and Sesquilé in the west and Guatavita and Gachetá in the south.
== Etymology == In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Machetá means "Your honourable farmfields".
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