Boyacá Department

Also known as Boyaca Department

department of Colombia

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Boyacá is a department (administrative region) located in Colombia, primarily in the Andean highlands. It is historically and economically significant as a major agricultural and mining region, and is home to important cultural sites and the capital city of Tunja.

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Official name: Departamento de Boyacá
Population: 1242731
Area: 23189
Elevation: 2427
Official website: www.boyaca.gov.co
Image: Imagen Tomada desde cerro de monserrate en Cuítiva - panoramio.jpg

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Commons category: Boyacá Department
inception: 1858-01-01
native label: Departamento de Boyacá

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Boyacá ( Spanish pronunciation: [boʝaˈka]) is one of the thirty-two departments of Colombia, and the remnant of Boyacá State, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".

Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end of the department extends to the Magdalena River at the town of Puerto Boyacá. Boyacá borders to the north with the Department of Santander, to the northeast with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Norte de Santander, to the east with the departments of Arauca and Casanare. To the south, Boyacá borders the department of Cundinamarca and to the west with the Department of Antioquia covering a total area of 23,189 square kilometres (8,953 sq mi). The capital of Boyacá is the city of Tunja.