Tinjacá
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Tinjacá is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province. Tinjacá is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. It borders Sutamarchán in the north, Ráquira in the south, Sáchica in the east and in the west Chiquinquirá and Saboyá.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tinjacá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tinjaca Parque.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Central square of Tinjacá
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tinjacá (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Tinjaca.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Tinjacá in the Boyacá Department of 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
- Ricaurte Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Alsilver Sierra Mendieta(2020-2023)
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Tinjacá
- Population
- 3035
- Area
- 79.2745
- Elevation
- 2106
- Official website
- www.tinjaca-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Tinjaca Parque.JPG
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- Commons category
- Tinjacá
- inception
- 1555-01-01
- native label
- Tinjacá
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Tinjacá is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province. Tinjacá is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. It borders Sutamarchán in the north, Ráquira in the south, Sáchica in the east and in the west Chiquinquirá and Saboyá.
== Etymology == Tinjacá is derived from Chibcha and means "Enclosure of the powerful lord".
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