Cucaita
Sign in to saveCucaita is a municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of Boyacá Department, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. Cucaita borders Sora in the north, Tunja in the east and south and Samacá in the south and west.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cucaita
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cucaita Boyaca 07.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Cucaita
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Cucaita (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Cucaita.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Cucaita.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Cucaita 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
- Central Boyacá Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Marcos Daniel Borda Parra(2024-2027)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 43.58
- Elevation
- 2650
- Official website
- www.cucaita-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Cucaita panorámica.JPG
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- Cucaita
- inception
- 1556-01-01
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Cucaita is a municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of Boyacá Department, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. Cucaita borders Sora in the north, Tunja in the east and south and Samacá in the south and west.
== Etymology == The name Cucaita is derived from Chibcha and means either "Seminary enclosure" or "Shade of the farming fields".
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