Guateque
Sign in to saveGuateque is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Eastern Boyacá Province. Guateque's urban center is located at an altitude of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at distances of from the department capital Tunja and from Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It borders the municipalities of La Capilla, Tenza, Sutatenza, Somondoco of Boyacá and Tibiritá and Manta of Cundinamarca.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.name
- Guateque
- Settlement.native_name
- Guatoc
- Settlement.image_skyline
- PortadaGuateque.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church and colonial building in Guateque
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Guateque (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Guateque.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the town and municipality of Guateque in Boyaca Department
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- 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
- Eastern Boyacá Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 36.04
- Elevation
- 1815
- Official website
- www.guateque-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- PortadaGuateque.jpg
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- Guateque
- inception
- 1636-01-28
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Guateque is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Eastern Boyacá Province. Guateque's urban center is located at an altitude of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at distances of from the department capital Tunja and from Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It borders the municipalities of La Capilla, Tenza, Sutatenza, Somondoco of Boyacá and Tibiritá and Manta of Cundinamarca.
== Etymology == Guateque is derived from the original name Guatoc, meaning "Stream of the ravine" or "Lord of the winds".
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