The Lengupá Province is a

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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 mount ...

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. The province is formed by 6

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Etymology

The name of the province and the Lengupá River, after which the province is named,Provincia de Lengupá
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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 * Páez * San Eduardo *

Zetaquirá Zetaquira () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Lengupá Province, part of the Departments of Colombia, department of Boyacá Department, Boyacá. Zetaquirá is located at from the department capital Tunja and borders Pesca in the north, ...

References

Provinces of Boyacá Department {{Boyacá-geo-stub