Oicatá
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Oicatá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, Department of Boyacá, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at an altitude of and a distance of from the national capital Bogotá and from the department capital Tunja. It borders Cómbita and Tuta in the north, Chivatá and Tunja in the south, Chivatá in the east and in the west Cómbita and Tunja.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Oicatá is referenced by 145 other articles, and connects out to Puerto Boyacá, Colombia and Bogotá.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1539 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Boyacá Department and Populated places established in 1539.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Oicata
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Oicatá (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Oicatá.svg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Oicatá
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Oicata.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Oicatá in Boyacá
- 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
- Fredy Garzón Rojas(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Population
- 2834
- Area
- 59
- Elevation
- 2815
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Official website
- www.oicata-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Plaza oicata 02.jpg
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- Commons category
- Oicatá
- inception
- 1539-01-01
- native label
- Oicatá
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- Climate
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Oicatá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, Department of Boyacá, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at an altitude of and a distance of from the national capital Bogotá and from the department capital Tunja. It borders Cómbita and Tuta in the north, Chivatá and Tunja in the south, Chivatá in the east and in the west Cómbita and Tunja.
== Etymology == The name Oicatá comes from Chibcha and means "Domain of the priests" or "Hailstoned farmlands".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oicatá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations