Municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia
Somondoco
Municipality and town
Bull fighting arena Somondoco
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Location of the municipality and town of Somondoco in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
Country
Colombia
Department
Boyacá Department
Province
Eastern Boyacá Province
Founded
6 November 1537
Government
• Mayor
Edison Rolando Gaitán Roa (2020-2023)
Area
• Municipality and town
58.7 km2 (22.7 sq mi)
• Urban
2.4 km2 (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation
1,670 m (5,480 ft)
Population
(2015)
• Municipality and town
3,632
• Density
62/km2 (160/sq mi)
• Urban
795
Time zone
UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Website
Official website
Somondoco is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá. This town and larger municipal area are located in the Valle de Tenza. The Valle de Tenza is the ancient route connecting the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the Llanos. The area is dotted with many such little towns all located at approximately the same altitude (1500–1700 meters). Somondoco borders Almeida in the east, Guayatá in the west, Guateque and Sutatenza in the north and in the south the Cundinamarca municipality of Ubalá.[1]
The nearest larger town is Guateque which is about 30 minutes away by car. In Somondoco are several small companies producing handicrafts and collectables.
Somondoco is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá. This town and larger municipal area are located in the Valle de Tenza. The...
kilometres (68 mi) distance from the western belt. Main areas are: Chivor Somondoco Gachalá Almeida Guateque Macanal Ubalá The emeralds occur mostly in the...
Muzo and Coscuez west of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, and Chivor and Somondoco to the east. Fine emeralds are also found in other countries, such as...
Western Belt Muzo Maripí Quípama Otanche Pauna San Pablo de Borbur Yacopí Coper Briceño Eastern Belt Chivor Somondoco Gachalá Guateque Macanal Ubalá...
acquired information about emerald discoveries and other treasures in Somondoco and the Llanos. On August 20, 1537, the conquerors arrived, with horses...
Emerald People"- they mined emeralds in their territories, mainly in Somondoco. Carbon was found throughout the region of the Muisca in Eocene sediments...
Emerald People" -- they mined emeralds in their territories, mainly in Somondoco. Carbon was found throughout the region of the Muisca in Eocene sediments...
Western Belt Muzo Maripí Quípama Otanche Pauna San Pablo de Borbur Yacopí Coper Briceño Eastern Belt Chivor Somondoco Gachalá Guateque Macanal Ubalá...
Western Belt Muzo Maripí Quípama Otanche Pauna San Pablo de Borbur Yacopí Coper Briceño Eastern Belt Chivor Somondoco Gachalá Guateque Macanal Ubalá...
Western Belt Muzo Maripí Quípama Otanche Pauna San Pablo de Borbur Yacopí Coper Briceño Eastern Belt Chivor Somondoco Gachalá Guateque Macanal Ubalá...
Western Belt Muzo Maripí Quípama Otanche Pauna San Pablo de Borbur Yacopí Coper Briceño Eastern Belt Chivor Somondoco Gachalá Guateque Macanal Ubalá...
Tununguá Eastern Boyacá Province Almeida Chivor Guateque Guayatá La Capilla Somondoco Sutatenza Tenza Gutiérrez Province Chiscas El Cocuy El Espino Guacamayas...
kilometres (73 mi) from the department capital Tunja. Sutatenza borders Somondoco, Guateque, Tenza and Garagoa. The name Sutatenza comes from Chibcha and...
Western Belt Muzo Maripí Quípama Otanche Pauna San Pablo de Borbur Yacopí Coper Briceño Eastern Belt Chivor Somondoco Gachalá Guateque Macanal Ubalá...
Tununguá Eastern Boyacá Province Almeida Chivor Guateque Guayatá La Capilla Somondoco Sutatenza Tenza Gutiérrez Province Chiscas El Cocuy El Espino Guacamayas...
Colombia. It borders the municipalities of La Capilla, Tenza, Sutatenza, Somondoco of Boyacá and Tibiritá and Manta of Cundinamarca. Guateque is derived...
Tununguá Eastern Boyacá Province Almeida Chivor Guateque Guayatá La Capilla Somondoco Sutatenza Tenza Gutiérrez Province Chiscas El Cocuy El Espino Guacamayas...
the majority of the Muisca lived, they extracted emeralds in Chivor and Somondoco. The economy of the Muisca was rooted in their agriculture with main products...
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