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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Guateque is referenced by 240 other articles, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Marmato and Colombia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in CO, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1636 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Boyacá Department and Populated places established in 1636.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
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
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Area
- 36.04
- Elevation
- 1815
- Capital of
- Eastern Boyacá Province
- Official website
- www.guateque-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- PortadaGuateque.jpg
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- Commons category
- Guateque
- inception
- 1636-01-28
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Born in Guateque
- Climate
- Gallery
- References
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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Guateque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations