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.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Chitaraque is referenced by 143 other articles, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Colombia and coffee.
The entry is geolocated on the map in adm2nd, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1621 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Boyacá Department and Populated places established in 1621.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
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
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Chitaraque 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
- Ricaurte Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Fabián Armando Silva Sánchez(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Official name
- Chitaraque
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Population
- 5687
- Area
- 157.65
- Elevation
- 1575
- Official website
- www.chitaraque-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Entrada Chitaraque.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- inception
- 1621-01-01
- native label
- Chitaraque
- Commons category
- Chitaraque
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- References
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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chitaraque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations