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Boyacá is the name of a region in Colombia. It may refer to other connections to Colombia: * Battle of Boyacá * Boyacá Department (Gran Colombia) * Boyacá Department ** Boyacá, Boyacá, a municipality * Boyacá State, a former state * Puerto Boyacá, a town and municipality in the Boyacá Department In Bogotá * Boyacá (TransMilenio), a bus station * Puente de Boyacá, a bridge In Tunja * Boyacá Chicó F.C. {{Disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Boyacá
The Battle of Boyacá (1819), was the decisive battle that ensured the success of Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada. The battle of Boyaca is considered the beginning of the independence of the north of South America, and is considered important because it led to the victories of the battle of Carabobo in Venezuela, Pichincha in Ecuador, and Junín and Ayacucho in Peru. New Granada acquired its definitive independence from the Spanish Monarchy, although fighting with royalist forces would continue for years.Arana, M., 2013, Bolivar, New York: Simon & Schuster, Brigadier Generals Francisco de Paula Santander and José Antonio Anzoátegui led a combined republican army of Newgranadians to defeat in two hours a Royalist Newgranadian forces led by Spanish Colonels José María Barreiro and Francisco Jiménez. The battle occurred 150 km from Bogotá in the Andes Mountains, in a place known as ''Casa de Teja'', close to a bridge over the Teatinos River and 3 roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyacá Department (Gran Colombia)
Boyacá Department was one of the departments of Gran Colombia. Borders It had borders to * Magdalena Department, Zulia Department, Apure Department in the North, * Orinoco Department in the East, * Azuay Department in the South, * Cauca Department, Cundinamarca Department in the West. Subdivisions 4 provinces and 29 cantons: * Tunja Province. Capital: Tunja. Cantones: Tunja, Chiquinquirá, Garagoa, Leyva, Moniquirá, Muzo, Santa Rosa, Sogamoso, Suata y Turmeque. * Casanare Province. Capital: Pore. Cantones: Pore, Arauca, Chire, Macuco, Nunchía y Tame. * Pamplona Province. Capital: Pamplona. Cantones: Pamplona, Bucaramanga, Girón, Piedecuesta, Salazar, San José de Cúcuta y Villa del Rosario. * Socorro Province Socorro Province was one of the provinces of Gran Colombia. It belonged to the Boyacá Department which was created in 1824. See also * Revolt of the Comuneros (New Granada) Provinces of Gran Colombia Provinces of the Republic of New Gra .... Capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyacá Department
Boyacá () is one of the thirty-two departments of Colombia, and the remnant of Boyacá State, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia". Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end of the department extends to the Magdalena River at the town of Puerto Boyacá. Boyacá borders to the north with the Department of Santander, to the northeast with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Norte de Santander, to the east with the departments of Arauca and Casanare. To the south, Boyacá borders the department of Cundinamarca and to the west with the Department of Antioquia covering a total area of . The capital of Boyacá is the city of Tunja. Boyacá is known as "The Land of Freedom" because this region was the scene of a series of battles which led to Colombia's independence from Spain. The first one took place on 25 July 1819 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyacá, Boyacá
Boyacá is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, part of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. It is located approximately from the city of Tunja, the capital of the department. Boyacá limits Tunja and Soracá in the north, Jenesano in the south, Nuevo Colón and Ramiriquí in the west and Ventaquemada in the east.Official website Boyacá Etymology The name of both the municipality and the department, Boyacá, comes from and means "Region of the blankets" or "Enclosure of the ''cacique''".[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyacá State
Boyacá State was one of the states of Colombia. Naming * 1857-06-15 created under the name Estado Federal de Boyacá (Federal State of Boyacá). * 1858 recognized as ''Estado de la Federación'' in the 1858 constitution of the Granadine Confederation, * 1863 Estado Soberano (Sovereign State of Boyacá) in 1863 constitution of the United States of Colombia United States of Colombia () was the name adopted in 1863 by the for the Granadine Confederation, after years of civil war. Colombia became a federal state itself composed of nine "sovereign states.” It comprised the present-day nations .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyaca State States of Colombia Sovereign States of the Granadine Confederation 1857 establishments in the Republic of New Granada Geography of Arauca Department Geography of Boyacá Department Geography of Casanare Department Muysccubun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Boyacá
Puerto Boyacá is a Colombian river-port town and municipality by the Magdalena River in the Boyacá Department, where is also considered a Special Trade Zone due to its port status. Its main industries are oil exploration and processing. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Puerto Boyacá was affected intensively by the Colombian Armed Conflict. Borders * North - departments of Bolívar, Santander * West - Magdalena River and Puerto Berrío, Puerto Nare, Puerto Triunfo and Sonsón municipalities of Antioquia Department * South - Puerto Salgar and Yacopí municipalities of Cundinamarca * East - municipality of Otanche Otanche is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province The Western Boyacá Province is a province of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. The province is formed by 15 munici ... (Boyacá) Born in Puerto Boyacá * Fredy Guarín, Colombian football player Gallery File:PuertoBoyacaStre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyacá (TransMilenio)
Boyacá is a simple station that is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia. Location The station is located in northwestern Bogotá, specifically on Avenida Calle 80 Avenue or Avenues may refer to: Roads * Avenue (landscape), traditionally a straight path or road with a line of trees, in the shifted sense a tree line itself, or some of boulevards (also without trees) * Avenue Road, Bangalore * Avenue Road, L ... with Transversal 69 B, one block from Avenida Boyacá. It serves the Santa Rosa and Bonanza neighborhoods. History In 2000, phase one of the TransMilenio system was opened between Portal de la 80 and Tercer Milenio, including this station. The station is named Boyacá due to its proximity to Avenida Boyacá. Station services Old trunk services Main line service {, class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;" , + Service as of April 29, 2006 , - ! Type !! Northwestern Routes !! Southern Rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puente De Boyacá
The Puente de Boyacá (in English: Bridge of Boyacá) is a small bridge located at the Pan-American Highway, 110 km east of Bogotá and 14 km west from Tunja in a valley, crossing Teatinos River. Numerous monuments have been erected in the surroundings to commemorate the historic battle of August 7, 1819, known as the Battle of Boyacá, which granted independence to Viceroyalty of New Granada, New Granada. The bridge was built in the early 18th century, and was dedicated as National Monuments of Colombia, National Monument and Memorial of Independence in 1920. Commemorative monuments Near the bridge are located the following secondary monuments: * The Von Miller Monument (for German sculptor Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller), depicting five allegory, allegoric female figures (symbolic of the Bolivarian countries: Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia) surrounding Simón Bolívar. * The Francisco de Paula Santander statue. * The Triumphal Arch, depicting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
