Choachí
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Choachí is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality borders La Calera in the north, Ubaque in the south, in the east Fómeque and westward of Choachí is the Colombian capital Bogotá. The town centre is located at from the centre of the capital. Within the boundaries of Choachí the Páramo de Cruz Verde is situated.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Choachí
- Settlement.native_name
- Chiguachí
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Cascada La Chorrera vista general y vista rural de Choachí.jpg
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- Rural view of Choachí
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- Flag of Choachí (Cundinamarca).svg
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- Escudo de Choachí.svg
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- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Choachí.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
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- Colombia
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- 250
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Department
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- Cundinamarca
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- Province
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- Eastern Province
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cundinamarca Department
- Area
- 223
- Elevation
- 1924
- Official website
- www.choachi-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Choachi, Cundinamarca - panoramio.jpg
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- Commons category
- Choachí
- inception
- 1560-01-01
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Choachí is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality borders La Calera in the north, Ubaque in the south, in the east Fómeque and westward of Choachí is the Colombian capital Bogotá. The town centre is located at from the centre of the capital. Within the boundaries of Choachí the Páramo de Cruz Verde is situated.
== Etymology == The name Choachí is derived from the original name in Chibcha: Chi-gua-chí, which means "Our Mountain of the Moon". The Muisca had a strong lunar cult and worshipped the goddess of the Moon, Chía in various places across their territories. It is believed that in Choachí a place of worship to the Moon was located.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Choachí” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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