Boyacá Department
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| Capital | Tunja | ||||
| Governor | Jorge Eduardo Londoño | ||||
| Area | 23,189 km² | ||||
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1,411,239 61 people/km² |
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Boyacá is a department of Colombia, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".
Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera, although the western end of the department extends to the Magdalena River at the town of Puerto Boyacá. It has an area of 23,102 km² (8,880 sq mi). The capital city is Tunja.
Boyacá is known as "The Land of Freedom" because this region was the scene of the battles which won Colombia's independence from the Spanish. The first took place on 20 July 1810 in the Pantano de Vargas and the final and decisive battle was fought on 7 August 1819 at Puente de Boyacá.
Boyacá is home to three universities: the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC), the Universidad de Boyacá (UNIBOYACA), and the Universidad Santo Tomás.
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[edit] Postage stamps
See : Postage stamps of Boyacá
[edit] Provinces and Municipalities
There are 13 provinces and two special district in Boyacá Department. Listed here with their municipalities.
[edit] Centro
[edit] Norte[edit] Occidente
[edit] Oriente |
[edit] Gutiérrez
[edit] La Libertad
[edit] Lengupá
[edit] Márquez[edit] Neira
[edit] Ricaurte
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[edit] Sugamuxi[edit] Tundama
[edit] Valderrama
[edit] Distrito fronterizo (Frontier District)[edit] Zona de manejo especial (Special Handling Zone) |
[edit] External links
Boyaca travel guide from Wikitravel
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