Tocancipá
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Tocancipá () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Tocancipá is situated in the northern part of the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes with the urban centre at an altitude of . The capital Bogotá, which metropolitan area includes Tocancipá, is to the south. Tocancipá borders Gachancipá in the north, Guasca and Sopó in the south, Guatavita in the east and Zipaquirá in the west.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Tocancipá is referenced by 247 other articles, and connects out to Muisca rulers, Colombia and Bogotá.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1593 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department and Populated places established in 1593.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tocancipá
- Settlement.etymology
- Muysccubun:"Valley of the joys of the zipa"
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Torre de la campana en iglesia principal.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church tower of Tocancipá
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tocancipá (Cundinamarca).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo_del_Municipio_de_Tocancipá.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tocancipá.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town 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
- Central Savanna Province
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cundinamarca Department
- Official language
- Spanish
- Population
- 36439
- Area
- 246
- Elevation
- 2605
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Body of water
- Bogotá River
- Official website
- www.tocancipa-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Jaime Duque Park.jpg
- Dialing code
- 1
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Tocancipá () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Tocancipá is situated in the northern part of the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes with the urban centre at an altitude of . The capital Bogotá, which metropolitan area includes Tocancipá, is to the south. Tocancipá borders Gachancipá in the north, Guasca and Sopó in the south, Guatavita in the east and Zipaquirá in the west.
== Etymology == The name Tocancipá comes from Muysccubun and means "Valley of the joys of the zipa".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tocancipá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations