Samacá
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Samacá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. It borders Cucaita, Tunja and Ventaquemada in the east, Ráquira in the west, Sáchica, Sora and Cucaita in the north and Ventaquemada, Ráquira and Guachetá, Cundinamarca in the south.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Samacá is referenced by 219 other articles, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Marmato and Colombia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1556 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Boyacá Department and Populated places established in 1556.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Samacá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Samacá Boyacá 03.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Samacá
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Samacá (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Samaca.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Samacá 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
- Central Boyacá Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Luis Alberto Aponte Gómez(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Population
- 20767
- Area
- 160
- Elevation
- 2735
- Founded by
- Juan de los Barrios
- Official website
- www.samaca-boyaca.gov.co/sitio.shtml
- Image
- Samacá Boyacá 03.JPG
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Samacá
- inception
- 1556-01-01
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Born in Samacá
- Climate
- References
Samacá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. It borders Cucaita, Tunja and Ventaquemada in the east, Ráquira in the west, Sáchica, Sora and Cucaita in the north and Ventaquemada, Ráquira and Guachetá, Cundinamarca in the south.
== Etymology == Samacá's original name came from the Chibcha native language of the area. Samacá was a small village before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. Sa is a noble title; Ma is a proper name; Cá means a sovereign enclosure.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Samacá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations