Bojacá
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Bojacá is a municipality and town of the Western Savanna Province, Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of on the Bogotá savanna at from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Zipacón, Madrid and Facatativá in the north, Madrid and Mosquera in the east, Soacha and San Antonio del Tequendama in the south and Tena, La Mesa and Zipacón in the west.
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Vinony's link graph records 211 inbound references to Bojacá, and connects out to Colombia, Bogotá and maize.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department.
Vinony links it to 22 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Bojacá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 2016 Bojacá iglesia plaza Mayor.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Bojacá
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Bojacá (Cundinamarca).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Bojacá.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Bojacá.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia
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- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cundinamarca
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Western Savanna Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Demonym
- Bojaquense
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Western Savanna Province
- Continent
- South America
- Population
- 8788
- Area
- 109
- Elevation
- 2598
- Founded by
- Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
- Official website
- www.bojaca-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Bojaca Parque.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bojacá
- inception
- 1537-01-01
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Climate
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Bojacá is a municipality and town of the Western Savanna Province, Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of on the Bogotá savanna at from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Zipacón, Madrid and Facatativá in the north, Madrid and Mosquera in the east, Soacha and San Antonio del Tequendama in the south and Tena, La Mesa and Zipacón in the west.
== Etymology == The name Bojacá comes from Chibcha and means "Purple enclosure".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bojacá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations