Chivatá

	Chivatá Chivatá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the department capital Tunja. It borders Oicatá, Toca and Tuta in the north, Toca and Siachoque in the east, Siachoque and Soracá in the south and Tunja in the west. Etymology The name Chivatá is derived from the Chibcha language of the Muisca who inhabited the central highlands of Colombia before the Spanish conquest in the 1530s. It means "Our outside farmfields".Etymology Chivatá - Excelsio.net History Chivatá was ruled by a '' cacique '' named Chipatá, loyal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Oicatá Oicatá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, Department of Boyacá, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at an altitude of and a distance of from the national capital Bogotá and from the department capital Tunja. It borders Cómbita and Tuta in the north, Chivatá and Tunja in the south, Chivatá in the east and in the west Cómbita and Tunja.Official website Oicatá Etymology The name Oicatá comes from Chibcha and means "Domain of the priests" or "Hailstoned farmlands". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Municipalities Of Colombia The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Colombia, Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia, with 1,104 municipality, municipalities (''municipios''). Each one of them is led by a mayor (''alcalde'') elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments. The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the ''Federación Colombiana de Municipios'' (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the Colombian Constitution of 1991, constitutional Freedom of association, right to free association to defend their common interests. Categories Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Soracá Soracá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. Soracá borders the municipalities of Chivatá in the north, Siachoque, Viracacha and Ramiriquí in the east, Boyacá in the south and the department capital Tunja in the west. Etymology In Chibcha, Soracá means "ruling mansion of the sovereign". History The area of Soracá was part of the '' zacazgo'' of Hunza, presently known as Tunja in the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. The Muisca inhabiting the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and their confederation were an advanced civilization who spoke Chibcha. In the 1530s the Spanish conquistadores led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada entered the territories of the Muisca. Economy Main economical activities in Soracá are dairy production, mining and production of bricks. Born in Soracá * Graciano Fonseca Graciano Fonseca Fuken (born September 4, 1974, in Soracá, Boyacá) is a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tuta, Boyacá Tuta is a town and municipality in the Colombian Departments of Colombia, Department of Boyacá Department, Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. Tuta is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. It borders Paipa, Pesca and Firavitoba in the east, Cómbita in the west, Sotaquirá and Paipa in the north and Chivatá, Toca, Boyacá, Toca and Oicatá in the south. History The area of Tuta before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Tuta tribe who belonged to the Muisca people, Muisca who were organized in their loose Muisca Confederation. Muisca rulers, Ruler of the northern territories was the ''zaque'' of Tunja, Hunza, modern day Tunja, who also reigned over Tuta. The Muisca spoke Chibcha language, Chibcha and in that now extinct language Tuta means "Borrowed farmlands" or "Property of the Sun". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

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