Ramiriquí
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Ramiriquí is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Márquez Province. Ramiriquí borders the department capital Tunja in the north, in the south Chinavita and Zetaquirá, in the east Rondón and Ciénaga and in the west Chivatá, Tibaná and Jenesano.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ramiriquí
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Iglesia de Ramiriquí.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Ramiriquí
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Ramiriquí (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Ramiriqui.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Ramiriquí in the Boyacá 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
- Boyacá Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Márquez Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- José Moisés Aguirre Sanabria(2020–2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Márquez Province
- Area
- 146.5
- Elevation
- 2308
- Capital of
- Márquez Province
- Official website
- www.ramiriqui-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Iglesia de Ramiriquí.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
- Commons category
- Ramiriquí
- inception
- 1541-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Born in Ramiriqui
- Climate
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Ramiriquí is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Márquez Province. Ramiriquí borders the department capital Tunja in the north, in the south Chinavita and Zetaquirá, in the east Rondón and Ciénaga and in the west Chivatá, Tibaná and Jenesano.
== Etymology == Ramiriquí was named after the last cacique; Ramirique. In the Chibcha language of the Muisca Ramirraquí means "white earth". An alternative etymology is Ca-mi-quiquí which means "our strength over the grasslands".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ramiriquí” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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