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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Samacá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Samacá Boyacá 03.JPG
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- View of Samacá
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- Flag of Samacá (Boyacá).svg
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- Colombia - Boyaca - Samaca.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town of Samacá 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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- Department
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- Boyacá Department
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Central Boyacá Province
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- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Luis Alberto Aponte Gómez(2020-2023)
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- Founded
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 20767
- Area
- 160
- Elevation
- 2735
- Official website
- www.samaca-boyaca.gov.co/sitio.shtml
- Image
- Samacá Boyacá 03.JPG
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- Samacá
- inception
- 1556-01-01
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- 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.
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