The Eastern Boyacá Province is a
province
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of the
Colombia
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n
Department of
Boyacá. The province is formed by 8
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
. The
Tenza Valley
The Tenza Valley (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Valle de Tenza'') is an intermontane valley in the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The valley stretches over the southeastern part of the departments of Colomb ...
is located in the Eastern Boyacá Province.
[Provincias de Boyacá]
/ref> The province hosts the eastern belt containing rich emerald deposits.
Municipalities
Almeida • Chivor
Chivor is a town and municipality in the Eastern Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian Departments of Colombia, department of Boyacá Department, Boyacá. The mean temperature of the village in the Tenza Valley is and Chivor is located at from ...
• Guateque • Guayatá • La Capilla
La Capilla is a town and municipality in the Eastern Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of in the Tenza Valley.
Borders
* North with Úmbita and Pachavita
* South w ...
• Somondoco • Sutatenza • Tenza
References
Provinces of Boyacá Department
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