Zetaquira
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Zetaquira () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Lengupá Province, part of the department of Boyacá. Zetaquira is located at from the department capital Tunja and borders Pesca in the north, Miraflores in the south, in the east Berbeo, San Eduardo and Aquitania and in the west Ramiriquí and Chinavita. The municipality stretches over an area of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at altitudes between and .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Zetaquira
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Zetaquira.JPG
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- Church of Zetaquirá
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- Flag of Zetaquira (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Zetaquira.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Zetaquira.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town of Zetaquirá 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
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lengupá Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Oscar Yamid Ramírez López(2020-2023)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Lengupá Province
- Area
- 262
- Elevation
- 1665
- Official website
- www.zetaquira-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- ZETAQUIRA BOYACÁ COLOMBIA.jpg
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- Commons category
- Zetaquira
- inception
- 1765-05-21
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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Zetaquira () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Lengupá Province, part of the department of Boyacá. Zetaquira is located at from the department capital Tunja and borders Pesca in the north, Miraflores in the south, in the east Berbeo, San Eduardo and Aquitania and in the west Ramiriquí and Chinavita. The municipality stretches over an area of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at altitudes between and .
== Etymology == Zetaquira in Chibcha means "Land of the snake" or "City of the snake".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zetaquira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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