Boyacá Department

E31473

department of Colombia

Boyacá Department is a region in central Colombia known for its Andean landscapes, colonial towns like Villa de Leyva, and its historical role in the country’s independence.

Aliases (2)

Boyacá ×2
Departamento de Boyacá ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of Colombia →
borderedBy	Antioquia Department → Arauca Department → Casanare Department → Cundinamarca Department → Meta Department → Norte de Santander Department → Santander Department →
capital	Tunja →
continent	South America →
country	Colombia →
ethnicGroup	Muisca people →
hasCity	Duitama → Sogamoso → Tunja →
hasLake	Lake Tota →
hasMonument	Puente de Boyacá →
hasProtectedArea	Parque Nacional Natural El Cocuy → Parque Nacional Natural Pisba →
hasTown	Chiquinquirá → Guateque → Monguí → Nobsa → Paipa → Puerto Boyacá → Ráquira → Soatá → Villa de Leyva →
hasUniversity	Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia → Universidad de Boyacá →
historicalEventSite	Battle of Boyacá →
isoCode	CO-BOY →
knownFor	Andean landscapes → agriculture → colonial architecture → dairy production → emerald mining → historical role in Colombian independence → potato cultivation →
language	Spanish →
locatedIn	Andean Region of Colombia → central Colombia →
mountainRange	Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes →
officialName	Departamento de Boyacá →
preColumbianCulture	Muisca Confederation →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
timeZone	Colombia Standard Time →
utcOffset	UTC−05:00 →
vehicleRegistrationCode	Boyacá →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Caldas Department → Meta Department →	borderedBy
Cundinamarca → Cundinamarca Department →	borders
Santander Department →	bordersDepartment
Huila Department →	bordersWith
Antioquia Department →	hasBorderWith
Andean Region of Colombia →	includesDepartment
Order of Boyacá →	namedAfter
Boyacá Department ("Departamento de Boyacá") →	officialName
Eastern Cordillera of the Andes →	passesThrough
Orinoco Belt ("Boyacá") →	subdivision
Boyacá Department ("Boyacá") →	vehicleRegistrationCode