Guatavita

E33997
municipality town

Guatavita is a Colombian town in the department of Cundinamarca, known for its proximity to the legendary Lake Guatavita associated with the El Dorado myth.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Lake Guatavita 3
Lake Guatavita natural area 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedMyth El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ⓘ
surface form: El Dorado
climate cool mountain climate ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
departmentCapital Bogotá ⓘ
distanceToBogotá about 53 kilometres ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
livestock farming ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 2680 metres ⓘ
governingCountry Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Colombia
hasCulturalAttraction festivals related to El Dorado myth ⓘ
handicrafts market ⓘ
hasHeritage El Dorado legend ⓘ
hasMunicipalGovernment Alcaldía Municipal de Guatavita ⓘ
hasNearbyBodyOfWater Tominé Reservoir ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Guatavita self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lake Guatavita natural area
hasPostalCodePrefix 25 ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding main Catholic church on central plaza ⓘ
hasTouristActivity cultural tourism ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
sailing ⓘ
knownFor colonial-style architecture ⓘ
proximity to Lake Guatavita ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
water sports on Tominé Reservoir ⓘ
locatedEastOf Bogotá ⓘ
locatedIn Cundinamarca region ⓘ
surface form: Cundinamarca Department
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Alto Guavio Province ⓘ
locatedNear Guatavita self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lake Guatavita
locatedOn Cordillera Oriental ⓘ
surface form: eastern cordillera of the Andes
nearbyIndigenousHeritage Muisca ⓘ
surface form: Muisca culture
nearbyMunicipality Gachetá ⓘ
Guasca ⓘ
La Calera ⓘ
Sesquilé ⓘ
Sopó ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Andean region of Colombia ⓘ
reasonForRelocation construction of Tominé Reservoir ⓘ
region Andean Region of Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Central Colombia
roadAccessFrom Bogotá via La Calera or Sopó ⓘ
timeZone Colombia Standard Time ⓘ
urbanPlanningStyle planned relocation town ⓘ
utcOffset −05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

this entity surface form: Lake Guatavita
La Calera → borders → Guatavita ⓘ
Cundinamarca region → contains → Guatavita ⓘ
subject surface form: Cundinamarca
subject surface form: Cundinamarca Department
Guatavita → hasNearbyProtectedArea → Guatavita self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Guatavita natural area
Guatavita → locatedNear → Guatavita self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Guatavita
Muisca → ritualSite → Guatavita ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lake Guatavita