Úmbita
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Úmbita is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Úmbita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from department capital Tunja and borders Nuevo Colón and Tibaná in the north, Chinavita in the east, La Capilla and Tibiritá (Cundinamarca) in the south and in the west Villapinzón (Cundinamarca) and Turmequé. The altitude within the municipality ranges from to .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Úmbita
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Flag of Úmbita (Boyacá).svg
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- Colombia - Boyaca - Umbita.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Úmbita in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
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- 300
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Department
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- Boyacá Department
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- Province
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- Márquez Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Rafael Ernesto Ramírez Vallejo(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 17 November 1779
- Settlement.founder
- Gabriel del Toro
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
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Úmbita is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Úmbita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from department capital Tunja and borders Nuevo Colón and Tibaná in the north, Chinavita in the east, La Capilla and Tibiritá (Cundinamarca) in the south and in the west Villapinzón (Cundinamarca) and Turmequé. The altitude within the municipality ranges from to .
== Etymology == The name Úmbita is Chibcha and means "Your point, your summit, summit of the farmlands".
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