The Lengupá Province is a

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

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 moun ...

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. The province is formed by 6

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Etymology

The name of the province and the

Lengupá River The Lengupá is a river in the department of Boyacá, Colombia giving its name to the valley and the province it crosses. The Lengupá flows into the Upía River, which in turn flows into the Meta River The Meta River is a major left tributary ...

, after which the province is named,Provincia de Lengupá
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Chibcha The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan langu ...

words ''Len'': "site"; ''Gua'': "of the river"; ''Paba'': "father" or "chief".Etymology Lengupá
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Subdivision

Lengupá Province comprises 6 municipalities: * Miraflores *

Berbeo Berbeo is a town and municipality in the Lengupá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre of Berbeo is located at an altitude of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Berbeo borders San Eduardo in the ea ...

Campohermoso Campohermoso () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Lengupá Province. Climate Campohermoso has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with th ...

* Páez * San Eduardo *

Zetaquirá Zetaquirá () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Lengupá Province, part of the department of Boyacá. Zetaquirá is located at from the department capital Tunja and borders Pesca in the north, Miraflores in the south, in the east Berb ...

References

Provinces of Boyacá Department

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