Muzo
Sign in to saveMuzo () is a town and municipality in the Western Boyacá Province, part of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. It is widely known as the world capital of emeralds for the mines containing the world's highest quality gems of this type. Muzo is situated at a distance of from the departmental capital Tunja and from the capital of the Western Boyacá Province, Chiquinquirá. The urban centre is at an altitude of above sea level. Muzo borders Otanche and San Pablo de Borbur in the north, Maripí and Coper in the east, Quípama in the west and the department of Cundinamarca in the south.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Muzo is referenced by 255 other articles, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Marmato and Brazil.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It sits within the topics 1559 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Colombian emeralds and Municipalities of Boyacá Department.
Its subject is documented across 23 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Muzo
- Settlement.nickname
- Emerald capital of the world
- Settlement.other_name
- Villa de la Santísima Trinidad de los Muzos
- Settlement.etymology
- Muzo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Panorámica de Muzo, Boyacá.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Muzo
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Muzo (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Muzo.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Muzo in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
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- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boyacá Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Population
- 8548
- Area
- 147
- Elevation
- 740
- Official website
- www.muzo-boyaca.gov.co/sitio.shtml
- Image
- Muzo, Colombia (aerial view).jpg
Show 3 more facts
- language of work or name
- Cariban
- Commons category
- Muzo
- inception
- 1559-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Climate
- History
- Spanish conquest
- Colonial period
- Economy
- Emerald mining
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Muzo () is a town and municipality in the Western Boyacá Province, part of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. It is widely known as the world capital of emeralds for the mines containing the world's highest quality gems of this type. Muzo is situated at a distance of from the departmental capital Tunja and from the capital of the Western Boyacá Province, Chiquinquirá. The urban centre is at an altitude of above sea level. Muzo borders Otanche and San Pablo de Borbur in the north, Maripí and Coper in the east, Quípama in the west and the department of Cundinamarca in the south.
== Etymology == The town of Muzo was called Villa de la Santísima Trinidad de los Muzos, or simply Trinidad, when the Spanish conquistadors first founded the settlement in western Boyacá. Muzo is the autonym of the Muzo, the indigenous people who inhabited the region before the Spanish conquest.
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