Ventaquemada
Sign in to saveVentaquemada is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Ventaquemada is located at a distance of from the capital Bogotá and from the departmental capital Tunja. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Ventaquemada borders Tunja and Samacá in the north, Boyacá, Boyacá, Jenesano and Nuevo Colón in the east, Turmequé and Villapinzón in the south and Guachetá, Lenguazaque and Villapinzón in the west.
Key facts
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- Ventaquemada
- Settlement.other_name
- Padua, La Venta
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- Municipality and town
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- Ventaquemada Iglesia.jpg
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- Church of Ventaquemada
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- Flag of Ventaquemada (Boyacá).svg
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- Escudo de Ventaquemada.svg
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- Colombia - Boyaca - Ventaquemada.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town of Ventaquemada 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
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- Province
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- Central Boyacá Province
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- Mayor
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Ventaquemada is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Ventaquemada is located at a distance of from the capital Bogotá and from the departmental capital Tunja. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Ventaquemada borders Tunja and Samacá in the north, Boyacá, Boyacá, Jenesano and Nuevo Colón in the east, Turmequé and Villapinzón in the south and Guachetá, Lenguazaque and Villapinzón in the west.
== Etymology == Former names of Ventaquemada are Padua and La Venta, indicating the commercial centre at a strategical location along the road between Bogotá and Tunja, historically the most important cities of the Altiplano. After the burning of the properties of Albarracín, the name Ventaquemada ("burnt sale") was given to the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ventaquemada” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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