Chitaraque
Sign in to saveChitaraque is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre is located at a distance of from the department capital Tunja and situated at an altitude of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. It borders Gámbita, Santander in the east and south, San José de Pare, Santana and Togüí in the west and Suaita, Santander in the north.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chitaraque
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Entrada Chitaraque.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Entrance of Chitaraque
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Chitaraque (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Chitaraque.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town of Chitaraque 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
- Ricaurte Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Fabián Armando Silva Sánchez(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Chitaraque
- Population
- 5687
- Area
- 157.65
- Elevation
- 1575
- Official website
- www.chitaraque-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Entrada Chitaraque.jpg
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- inception
- 1621-01-01
- native label
- Chitaraque
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- Chitaraque
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Chitaraque is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre is located at a distance of from the department capital Tunja and situated at an altitude of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. It borders Gámbita, Santander in the east and south, San José de Pare, Santana and Togüí in the west and Suaita, Santander in the north.
== Etymology == The name Chitaraque comes from Chibcha and means "Our vigorous farmfields from before".
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