Chiquinquirá
Chiquinquirá | |
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Municipality an toun | |
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 Location o the municipality an toun o Chiquinquirá in the Boyacá Depairtment o Colombie. | |
  Chiquinquirá Location in Colombie | |
| Coordinates: 5°37′08″N 73°49′12″W / 5.61889°N 73.82000°W | |
| Kintra |  Colombie |
| Depairtment | Boyacá |
| Province | Wastren Boyacá Province |
| Mayor | Nelson Orlando Rincón Sierra |
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| • Foondit | 1810 |
| Elevation | 2556 m (8,386 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 52,601 |
| Demonym(s) | Chiquinquireño |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombie Staundart Time) |
Chiquinquirá is a toun an municipality in the Colombie Depairtment o Boyacá,[1] pairt o the subregion o the Wastren Boyacá Province. Locatit some 115 km north o Bogotá, Chiquinquirá is 2570 m (8432 ft) abuin sea level an haes a yearly average temperatur o 58°F.
Chiquinquirá is constitutit bi twa zones: the urban zone or toun that is formit bi approximately 40 neebourheids atween the strata 1 an 4, an the landwart zone that is dividit in 17 sub zones locatit aroond the ceety.
Chiquinquirá is considered tae be the releegious caipital o Colombie. It is hame to the Basílica de Chiquinquirá, that houses the image o the Virgen de Chiquinquirá, the patroness saunt o Colombie. Chiquinquirá is a major point o releegious pilgrimage.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Alcaldía de Chiquinquirá - Boyacá". Gobierno en Línea.net. Archived frae the original on 15 Mey 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
Coordinates: 5°38′N 73°45′W / 5.633°N 73.750°W
