Boyacá Department

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Boyacá Department canonical 54
Boyacá 4
Departamento de Boyacá 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Colombia
borderedBy Antioquia Department
Arauca Department
Casanare Department
Cundinamarca region
surface form: Cundinamarca Department

Meta Department
Norte de Santander Department
Santander Department
capital Tunja
continent South America
country Colombia
ethnicGroup Muisca
surface form: Muisca people
hasCity Duitama
Sogamoso
Tunja
hasLake Lake Tota
hasMonument Boyacá Bridge
surface form: Puente de Boyacá
hasProtectedArea Sierra Nevada del Cocuy National Park
surface form: 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 Cordillera of the Andes
surface form: Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
officialName Boyacá Department self-linksurface differs
surface form: Departamento de Boyacá
preColumbianCulture Muisca
surface form: Muisca Confederation
religion Roman Catholicism
timeZone Colombia Standard Time
utcOffset UTC−05:00
vehicleRegistrationCode Boyacá Department self-linksurface differs
surface form: Boyacá

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Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alto Guavio Province borderedBy Boyacá Department
Cauca River flowsThrough Boyacá Department
Chicamocha River flowsThrough Boyacá Department
Suárez River flowsThrough Boyacá Department
Muysca region Boyacá Department
this entity surface form: Boyacá
zaque locatedInPresentDay Boyacá Department
tundama locatedInThePresentDayTerritorialEntityRuled Boyacá Department
subject surface form: Tundama
Villa de Leiva, Republic of Colombia locatedIn Boyacá Department
subject surface form: Villa de Leyva
Lake Iguaque locatedIn Boyacá Department
Caldas borders Boyacá Department