Guayatá
Encyclopedia
Guayatá is a town and municipality in the Colombia
n Department
of Boyacá
, part of the province of the Eastern Boyacá Province
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n Department
Departments of Colombia
Colombia is an unitary republic formed by thirty-two departments and a Capital District . Each department has a Governor and a Department Assembly , elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods...
of Boyacá
Boyacá Department
Boyacá is one of the 32 Departments of Colombia, and the remnant of 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 to the border with Venezuela, although the western end...
, part of the province of the Eastern Boyacá Province
Eastern Boyacá Province
The Eastern Boyacá Province is a subregion of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. The subsregion is formed by 8 municipalities.-Municipalities:Almeida • Chivor • Guateque • Guayatá • La Capilla • Somondoco • Sutatenza • Tenza-References:...
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Borders
- North with Guateque Municipality
- West with: Manta municipality of Cundinamarca Department
- South with: Gachetá and Ubalá Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department
- East with: Somondoco and Chivor Municipalities
Another Facts
- Market Day: Tuesday
- Distance from Tunja: 129 km
- Distance from Bogotá: 132 km
- Elevation: 1767 m
- Extensión: 112 km²
- Median temperature: 19 °C
- Foundation: April 6 of 1821
- Demonym: Guayatunos
- Dane code: 15325