Berbeo is a town and municipality in the
Lengupá Province, part of the
Colombia
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department
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Government and military
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of
Boyacá. The urban centre of Berbeo is located at an altitude of in the
Eastern Ranges of the Colombian
Andes
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. Berbeo borders
San Eduardo in the east,
Zetaquirá and
Miraflores in the west, Zetaquirá in the north and Miraflores and
Páez in the south.
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Etymology
The municipality was formerly called San Fernando de Aguablanca and Legupá, and since 1913 bears the name Berbeo, after Juan Francisco Berbeo.[
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History
The area of Berbeo before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the indigenous Muisca. In Berbeo petroglyphs
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...
have been discovered. Modern Berbeo was founded on April 23, 1743, by Jesuits.[
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Economy
Main activity of Berbeo is agriculture
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, with coffee
Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulant, stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world.
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and chonto tomatoes as major products.[
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References
{{Municipalities boyaca department
Municipalities of Boyacá Department
Populated places established in 1743
1743 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Muisca Confederation