Sutamarchán
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Sutamarchán is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the department of Boyacá of Colombia. Sutamarchán is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the department capital Tunja. It borders Santa Sofía in the north, Sáchica and Villa de Leyva in the east, Saboyá in the west and Ráquira and Tinjacá in the south.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sutamarchán
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sutamarchán Parque.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Central square and church of Sutamarchán
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Sutamarchán (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Sutamarchan.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town of Sutamarchán in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
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- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boyacá Department
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ricaurte Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Miguel Andrés Rodríguez Saavedra(2020-2023)
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- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Official name
- Sutamarchán
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Population
- 5916
- Area
- 102
- Elevation
- 1800
- Official website
- www.sutamarchan-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Sutamarchán Parque.JPG
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- Commons category
- Sutamarchán
- inception
- 1556-01-01
- native label
- Sutamarchán
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Born in Sutamarchán
- Gallery
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Sutamarchán is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the department of Boyacá of Colombia. Sutamarchán is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the department capital Tunja. It borders Santa Sofía in the north, Sáchica and Villa de Leyva in the east, Saboyá in the west and Ráquira and Tinjacá in the south.
== Etymology == The name Sutamarchán is derived from the Chibcha sovereign Suta and Spanish marchán: "Merchant of the sovereign Suta". Marchán refers to Pedro Merchan de Velasco, who was an 18th-century encomendero of Suta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sutamarchán” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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