Viracachá
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Viracachá is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, Colombia, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Viracachá is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the department capital Tunja and the small urban center at above sea level. Other parts of Viracachá reach . The municipality borders Siachoque, Rondón and Soracá in the north and east, in the south Ciénega and Ciénega, Soracá and Ramiriquí in the west.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Viracachá is referenced by 141 other articles, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Colombia and agriculture.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1556 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Boyacá Department and Populated places established in 1556.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Viracachá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Camino de Las Peñas.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ancient road used by the Muisca in Viracachá
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Viracachá (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Viracacha.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Viracachá in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boyacá Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Márquez Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Gregorio Rodríguez Soler(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Area
- 68
- Elevation
- 2520
- Official website
- www.viracacha-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Camino de Las Peñas.jpg
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- Commons category
- Viracachá
- inception
- 1556-01-01
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- References
Viracachá is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, Colombia, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Viracachá is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the department capital Tunja and the small urban center at above sea level. Other parts of Viracachá reach . The municipality borders Siachoque, Rondón and Soracá in the north and east, in the south Ciénega and Ciénega, Soracá and Ramiriquí in the west.
== Etymology == About the name Viracachá exist different interpretations. One interpretation says the name is derived from Quechua and means "air of the lake". Another attributes it to Chibcha meaning "lord of the enclosure of the wind".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viracachá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations