The Western 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 15
municipalities
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.
[Provincias de Boyacá]
/ref> The province hosts the western belt of the rich emerald deposits of Boyacá.
Municipalities
Briceño • Buenavista • Caldas • Chiquinquirá • Coper • La Victoria • Maripí • Muzo
Muzo () is a town and municipality in the Western Boyacá Province, part of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. It is widely known as the world capital of emeralds for the mines containing the world's highest quality gems of this type. Muzo ...
• Otanche • Pauna • Quipama • Saboyá • San Miguel de Sema • San Pablo de Borbur
San Pablo de Borbur is a town and municipality in the Colombia
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• Tununguá
References
Provinces of Boyacá Department
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