Oicatá
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Oicatá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, Department of Boyacá, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at an altitude of and a distance of from the national capital Bogotá and from the department capital Tunja. It borders Cómbita and Tuta in the north, Chivatá and Tunja in the south, Chivatá in the east and in the west Cómbita and Tunja.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Oicata
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Oicatá (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Oicatá.svg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Oicatá
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Oicata.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Oicatá in Boyacá
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boyacá Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Central Boyacá Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Fredy Garzón Rojas(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2834
- Area
- 59
- Elevation
- 2815
- Official website
- www.oicata-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Plaza oicata 02.jpg
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- Oicatá
- inception
- 1539-01-01
- native label
- Oicatá
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Oicatá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, Department of Boyacá, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at an altitude of and a distance of from the national capital Bogotá and from the department capital Tunja. It borders Cómbita and Tuta in the north, Chivatá and Tunja in the south, Chivatá in the east and in the west Cómbita and Tunja.
== Etymology == The name Oicatá comes from Chibcha and means "Domain of the priests" or "Hailstoned farmlands".
On the map
2 mapped locations