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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Machetá is referenced by 147 other articles, and connects out to Colombia, Bogotá and agriculture.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1593 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Climbing areas of Colombia and Geography articles needing translation from Spanish Wikipedia.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Machetá.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
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- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cundinamarca
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Almeidas Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Rafael Mauricio Forero Briceño(2016-2019)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1593
- Settlement.founder
- Miguel de Ibarra
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 229.35
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 5.35
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cundinamarca Department
- Area
- 229.35
- Elevation
- 2094
- Official website
- www.macheta-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Macheta 1.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
- Commons category
- Machetá
- inception
- 1593-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- References
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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Machetá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations