Tunja

città della Colombia, capitale del dipartimento di Boyacá

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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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Settlement.official_name: Tunja
Settlement.type: Municipality and city
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Tunja.svg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Tunja.svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Boyaca - Tunja.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Tunja in the department of Boyacá
Settlement.pushpin_map: Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Boyacá
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Central Boyacá Province
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Mikhail Krasnov(2024-2027)
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 6 August 1539 ( Years ago)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Demonym: Tunjana
Country: Colombia
Located in: Central Boyacá Province
Continent: South America
Population: 68905
Area: 118
Elevation: 2782
Capital of: Muisca Confederations
Official website: www.tunja-boyaca.gov.co
Image: Collage Tunja.jpg

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twinned administrative body: Valledupar
postal code: 150001–150009
topic's main category: Category:Tunja
Commons category: Tunja
category for people born here: Q17607021
Commons gallery: Tunja
category of associated people: Category:People from Tunja
inception: 1539-08-06

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Article · Italiano

Tunja è una città della Colombia, capoluogo del dipartimento di Boyacá. Si trova sulla cordigliera orientale delle Ande, 130 km a nord est di Bogotà. È il principale centro culturale , commerciali e universitario nel dipartimento. La città è il centro storico e culturale della Nazione, sede del Festival Internazionale della Cultura, il Aguinaldo Boyacense, e molti altri eventi internazionali. Tunja ospita innumerevoli edifici e monumenti dell'epoca pre-colombiana e spagnola dichiarati patrimonio nazionale. Ci sono importanti istituzioni scientifiche e accademiche. Nel 2010 è considerata la città più sicura della Colombia secondo il rapporto dal Centro internazionale per la prevenzione del crimine. Il centro abitato venne fondato da Gonzalo Suárez Rendón nel 1539. Vi ha sede il club calcistico Patriotas Boyacá.

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