Buriticá is a town and

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Demography

An 1852 watercolor by Henry Price depicts an Indian man and woman from Buriticá wearing blue and white clothing bears the notation, "Colonel Codazzi believes that this (pure) ethnic group is almost extinct." According to the 2005 census data from the

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, the town's ethnic composition is: *

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(98,4%) *

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(1,6%) Proyecciones de Población Municipales por área
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References

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