Tunja
Sign in to saveTunja () is a municipality and city on the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, in the region known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, 130 km northeast of Bogotá. In 2018 the municipality had a population of 172,548. It is the capital of Boyacá department and the Central Boyacá Province. Tunja is an important educational centre of well-known universities. In the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, there was an indigenous settlement, called Hunza, seat of the hoa Quemuenchatocha, conquered by the Spanish conquistadors on August 20, 1537. The Spanish city was founded by captain
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Tunja is the capital city of Boyacá department in Colombia's Andes mountains, located about 130 kilometers northeast of Bogotá, and serves as an important educational hub with several well-known universities. The city has a population of about 172,500 and was built on the site of an indigenous Muisca settlement that the Spanish conquistadors conquered in 1537.
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- Municipality and city
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- Location of Tunja in the department of Boyacá
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25 sectionsContents
- Demographics and geography
- Climate
- History
- Pre-Columbian era
- Early Muisca
- Late Muisca (1490–1539)
- Hunza in Muisca history
- Spanish colony (1539-1811)
- Spanish Discovering of Hunza (1537)
- Invasion of Hunza (1538-1539)
- City Foundation (1539-16th Century)
- Security and living conditions
- Tourism
- Relevant historical and tourist sites
- Festivals
- Shopping
- Downtown
- Shopping malls
- Traditional markets
- Education
- Universities
- Sports
- Sister cities
- References
- External links
Tunja () is a municipality and city on the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, in the region known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, 130 km northeast of Bogotá. In 2018 the municipality had a population of 172,548. It is the capital of Boyacá department and the Central Boyacá Province. Tunja is an important educational centre of well-known universities. In the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, there was an indigenous settlement, called Hunza, seat of the hoa Quemuenchatocha, conquered by the Spanish conquistadors on August 20, 1537. The Spanish city was founded by captain Gonzalo Suárez Rendón on August 6, 1539, exactly one year after the capital Santafé de Bogotá. The city hosts the most remaining Muisca architecture: Hunzahúa Well, Goranchacha Temple and Cojines del Zaque.
Tunja is a tourist destination, especially for religious colonial architecture, with the Casa Fundador Gonzalo Suárez Rendón recognized as the oldest remnant. In addition to its religious and historical sites it is host to several internationally known festivals and is a jumping-off point for regional tourist destinations such as Villa de Leyva, Paipa, and Sierra Nevada del Cocuy. It is a stop on the Pan American Highway which connects Tunja to Bogotá and Santa Marta and eventually to the northern and southernmost parts of South America.