Pachavita
Sign in to savePachavita is a town and municipality in the Neira Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at an altitude of and at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. The municipality borders Chinavita in the north, Tenza and La Capilla in the south, Garagoa in the east and Úmbita in the west.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Pachavita is referenced by 142 other articles, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Muisca rulers and Colombia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1716 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Boyacá Department and Populated places established in 1716.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pachavita
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cuchilla el Gallinazo.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of mountain within Pachavita
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Pachavita (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Pachavita.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Pachavita in Boyacá
- 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
- José Fernando Roa Orjuela(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Area
- 68
- Elevation
- 1985
- Official website
- www.pachavita-boyaca.gov.co/sitio.shtml
- Image
- Cuchilla el Gallinazo.JPG
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- Commons category
- Pachavita
- inception
- 1716-11-17
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- References
Pachavita is a town and municipality in the Neira Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at an altitude of and at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. The municipality borders Chinavita in the north, Tenza and La Capilla in the south, Garagoa in the east and Úmbita in the west.
== Etymology == The name Pachavita is derived from Chibcha; pacha = man, lord and vita = point, summit, peak; "Peak of the man". Another meaning is "Proud chief".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pachavita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations