Gachantivá
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Gachantivá is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Gachantivá is located at altitudes ranging from to on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and borders Villa de Leyva in the south, Santa Sofía in the west, Arcabuco in the east and Moniquirá in the north.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Gachantivá is referenced by 146 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 sits within the topics 1715 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Boyacá Department and Populated places established in 1715.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gachantivá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Gachantiva centro.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Gachantivá
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Gachantivá (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Gachantiva.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Gachantivá in the Boyacá department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
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- 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
- Pedro Alonso Aguillón Puentes(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Official name
- Gachantivá
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Population
- 2654
- Area
- 66
- Elevation
- 2119
- Official website
- www.gachantiva-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Gachantiva parque.JPG
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- Commons category
- Gachantivá
- inception
- 1715-00-00
- native label
- Gachantivá
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Economy
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- References
Gachantivá is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Gachantivá is located at altitudes ranging from to on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and borders Villa de Leyva in the south, Santa Sofía in the west, Arcabuco in the east and Moniquirá in the north.
== Etymology == The name Gachantivá comes from Chibcha and means "chief of the Gacha".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gachantivá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations