Tibirita

Tibirita is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Tibirita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. It borders Villapinzón in the north, in the east La Capilla (Boyacá), in the south Guateque (Boyacá) and in the west Manta, Machetá and Chocontá.

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Settlement.name: Tibirita
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Tibirita (Cundinamarca).svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tibirita.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Tibirita inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_map: Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Cundinamarca
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Almeidas Province
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Maria Antonia Martín Mateus
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 9 July 1593

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Wikidata facts

Area: 57
Elevation: 1961
Official website: www.tibirita-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml

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Commons category: Tibirita
inception: 1593-01-01

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Born in Tibirita
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== History == The area of Tibiritá was populated by the Muisca before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s. The village was ruled by the zaque of Hunza, present day capital of Boyacá Tunja. Modern Tibiritá was founded on July 9, 1553 by Miguel de Ibarra. The name Tibiritá is Chibcha.