Onzaga
Sign in to saveOnzaga () is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. Onzaga borders in the north San Joaquín, in the east and south the municipalities Soatá, Covarachía, Tipacoque and Tutazá of the department of Boyacá and in the west with Coromoro. Onzaga is south of the department capital Bucaramanga. The topography of Onzaga varies greatly; from to .
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Vinony's link graph records 103 inbound references to Onzaga, and connects out to Colombia, gold and coffee.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1602 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Santander Department and Populated places established in 1602.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Onzaga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Onzaga Templo 001.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Onzaga
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Onzaga (Santander).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Onzaga Escudo.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Santander - Onzaga.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Onzaga in the Santander 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
- Santander Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Guanentá
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Hernán Eduardo Sanabria Aponte(2016-2019)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Official name
- Onzaga
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Santander Department
- Area
- 486.76
- Elevation
- 2058
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Official website
- www.onzaga-santander.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Onzaga Templo 001.JPG
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- Commons category
- Onzaga
- inception
- 1602-03-31
- native label
- Onzaga
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Economy
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Onzaga () is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. Onzaga borders in the north San Joaquín, in the east and south the municipalities Soatá, Covarachía, Tipacoque and Tutazá of the department of Boyacá and in the west with Coromoro. Onzaga is south of the department capital Bucaramanga. The topography of Onzaga varies greatly; from to .
== History == The area around Onzaga was inhabited by the Muisca and Onzaga was the northernmost village of their Muisca Confederation. To the north and west the Guanes populated the lower lands. When the Spanish conquistadores arrived in the central highlands of Colombia, they found indigenous peoples expert in gold working and crafts. Onzaga was famous for its wool and cotton production as well as the elaboration of the mantles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Onzaga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations