Tibirita
Sign in to saveTibirita is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Tibirita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. It borders Villapinzón in the north, in the east La Capilla (Boyacá), in the south Guateque (Boyacá) and in the west Manta, Machetá and Chocontá.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1593 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department and Populated places established in 1593.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tibirita
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tibirita (Cundinamarca).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tibirita.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Tibirita inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cundinamarca
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Almeidas Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Maria Antonia Martín Mateus
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 9 July 1593
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cundinamarca Department
- Area
- 57
- Elevation
- 1961
- Official website
- www.tibirita-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
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- Commons category
- Tibirita
- inception
- 1593-01-01
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Economy
- Born in Tibirita
- References
Tibirita is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Tibirita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. It borders Villapinzón in the north, in the east La Capilla (Boyacá), in the south Guateque (Boyacá) and in the west Manta, Machetá and Chocontá.
== History == The area of Tibiritá was populated by the Muisca before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s. The village was ruled by the zaque of Hunza, present day capital of Boyacá Tunja. Modern Tibiritá was founded on July 9, 1553 by Miguel de Ibarra. The name Tibiritá is Chibcha.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tibirita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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