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Also known as Umbita

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
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of Úmbita (Boyacá).svg
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Colombia - Boyaca - Umbita.svg
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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
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Boyacá Department
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Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
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

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Economy
  • Born in Úmbita
  • References

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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Úmbita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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