Beteitiva
Sign in to saveBetéitiva () a town and municipality in the Valderrama Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre of Betétiva is situated at from the capital Bogotá, from the department capital Tunja and from Sogamoso. The municipality, located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, borders in the north Belén, in the northeast Paz de Río, in the east Tasco, in the southeast Corrales and in the west with Busbanzá and Cerinza.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Beteitiva is referenced by 143 other articles, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Colombia and Bogotá.
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
- Betéitiva
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Capilla Betéitiva.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Chapel of Betéitiva
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Beteitiva (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Beteitiva.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Beteitiva 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
- Valderrama Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Edwin Rene Pava Rincon(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Area
- 123
- Elevation
- 2575
- Official website
- www.beteitiva-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Capilla Betéitiva.jpg
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- Commons category
- Betéitiva
- inception
- 1556-01-01
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
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- Economy
- Climate
- References
Betéitiva () a town and municipality in the Valderrama Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre of Betétiva is situated at from the capital Bogotá, from the department capital Tunja and from Sogamoso. The municipality, located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, borders in the north Belén, in the northeast Paz de Río, in the east Tasco, in the southeast Corrales and in the west with Busbanzá and Cerinza.
== Etymology == The name Betéitiva is derived from the Chibcha name of the cacique Betacín of the village and means "chief of the anchovy". According to Muisca myths, Betacín fell in love with the daughter of the iraca of Sugamuxi and after her dismissal he retreated in the area now known as Betéitiva.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beteitiva” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations