Tipacoque
Sign in to saveTipacoque is a municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia, located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Tipacoque is situated on the western flank of the Chicamocha river canyon. It is part of the Northern Boyacá Province.
Key facts
- Settlement.population_urban
- 867
- Settlement.name
- Tipacoque
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tipacoque 1 (48).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Tipacoque
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tipacoque.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo Tipacoque.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Tipacoque.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Tipacoque 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
- Northern Boyacá Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 3206
- Area
- 72
- Elevation
- 1914
- Official website
- tipacoque.com
- Image
- Tipacoque 1 (48).jpg
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- inception
- 1968-11-28
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Tipacoque is a municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia, located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Tipacoque is situated on the western flank of the Chicamocha river canyon. It is part of the Northern Boyacá Province.
== Etymology == Tipacoque is derived from Zipacoque, which in Chibcha means "dependency of the zaque", referring to the zaque rule of the village in the times of the Muisca Confederation, the loose confederation of rulers of the Muisca.
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