Tópaga
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Tópaga () is a town and municipality in the Sugamuxi Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Tópaga is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban center at an altitude of while the topography varies over the municipality from to . It borders Nobsa and Corrales in the west, in the east Mongua and Gámeza, in the north Gámeza and in the south Monguí and Sogamoso. Department capital Tunja is away. Chicamocha River flows through Tópaga.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tópaga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tópaga.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Tópaga
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tópaga (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Topaga.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Tópaga 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
- Sugamuxi Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Álvaro Henry Barrera Díaz(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 37
- Elevation
- 2900
- Official website
- www.topaga-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Topaga.jpg
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- Tópaga
- inception
- 1593-01-01
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Tópaga () is a town and municipality in the Sugamuxi Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Tópaga is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban center at an altitude of while the topography varies over the municipality from to . It borders Nobsa and Corrales in the west, in the east Mongua and Gámeza, in the north Gámeza and in the south Monguí and Sogamoso. Department capital Tunja is away. Chicamocha River flows through Tópaga.
== Etymology == The name Tópaga comes from Chibcha and means "Behind father river".
On the map
2 mapped locations