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.
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
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 36439
- Area
- 246
- Elevation
- 2605
- Official website
- www.tocancipa-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Jaime Duque Park.jpg
- Dialing code
- 1
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- Commons category
- Tocancipá
- inception
- 1593-01-01
- postal code
- 251017
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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".
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