Tibaná
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Tibaná is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of Márquez Province. The urban centre of Tibaná is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at an altitude of and a distance of from the department capital Tunja. It borders Jenesano in the north, Ramiriquí and Chinavita in the east, Chinavita and Úmbita in the south and in the west Turmequé and Nuevo Colón.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tibaná
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tibaná (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Tibaná (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Tibana.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Tibaná 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
- Gustavo Alexander García Parra(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 12 October 1537
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Demonym
- Tibanenses
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 9186
- Area
- 12176
- Elevation
- 2115
- Time zone
- Q5390
- Founded by
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
- Official website
- www.tibana-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Tibaná, Boyacá. Parque principal.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tibaná
- inception
- 1537-10-12
- native label
- Tibaná
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- References
Tibaná is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of Márquez Province. The urban centre of Tibaná is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at an altitude of and a distance of from the department capital Tunja. It borders Jenesano in the north, Ramiriquí and Chinavita in the east, Chinavita and Úmbita in the south and in the west Turmequé and Nuevo Colón.
== Etymology == Tibaná is named after the Tibanaes, a Chibcha-speaking tribe of the Muisca. Tiba means "chief".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tibaná” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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