Sáchica
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Sáchica is a municipality of Colombia situated approximately west of Tunja in the Ricaurte Province of the department of Boyacá. Sáchica borders Sutamarchán and Villa de Leyva in the north, in the east Chíquiza, Samacá and Ráquira in the south and in the west Ráquira and Sutamarchán.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sáchica
- Settlement.nickname
- City of onions
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Iglesia Sáchica.jpg
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- Church of Sáchica
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- Flag of Sáchica (Boyacá).svg
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- Escudo_de_sachica_vectorizado.png
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- Colombia - Boyaca - Sachica.svg
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- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Sáchica in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
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- 300
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Colombia
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- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boyacá Department
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- Province
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- Ricaurte Province
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Official name
- Sáchica
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Population
- 3791
- Area
- 62
- Elevation
- 2036
- Official website
- www.sachica-boyaca.gov.co/sitio.shtml
- Image
- Sachica Calvario 3.JPG
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- Commons category
- Sáchica
- inception
- 1556-01-01
- native label
- Sáchica
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Rock art
- Paleontology
- Economy
- Gallery
- References
- Bibliography
Sáchica is a municipality of Colombia situated approximately west of Tunja in the Ricaurte Province of the department of Boyacá. Sáchica borders Sutamarchán and Villa de Leyva in the north, in the east Chíquiza, Samacá and Ráquira in the south and in the west Ráquira and Sutamarchán.
Renowned for its unique cultural and social habits, Sáchica is known as the national capital of onions and its remarkable beer consumption. According to a report by El Tiempo, Sáchica holds the distinction of being the town with the highest per capita beer consumption in Colombia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sáchica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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