Bojacá
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 Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia |
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| Coordinates: 4°44′1″N 74°20′32″W / 4.73361°N 74.34222°WCoordinates: 4°44′1″N 74°20′32″W / 4.73361°N 74.34222°W | |||
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 Colombia
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 Cundinamarca
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| Province | Western Savanna Province | ||
| Founded | 16 October 1537 | ||
| Founded by | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada | ||
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| • Mayor | Juan Carlos Gaitán Chiriví (2016-2019) |
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| • Municipality and town | 109 km2 (42 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 40 km2 (20 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 2,598 m (8,524 ft) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Municipality and town | 11,254 | ||
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 9,256 | ||
| Time zone | Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5) | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
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Bojacá is a municipality and town of the Western Savanna Province, Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of 2,598 metres (8,524 ft) on the Bogotá savanna at 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Zipacón, Madrid and Facatativá in the north, Madrid and Mosquera in the east, Soacha and San Antonio del Tequendama in the south and Tena, La Mesa and Zipacón in the west.
The name Bojacá comes from Chibcha and means "Purple enclosure".
The area around Bojacá was inhabited at least since 3410 years BP (1400 BCE), evidenced by archaeological excavations from the Herrera Period performed in Aguazuque, Zipacón and around Lake Herrera, Mosquera. The territories were already important in the times before the Spanish conquest when Bojacá was part of the Muisca Confederation; a loose confederation of rulers of the Muisca.
On his expedition to El Dorado and after conquering the Muisca, conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada founded modern Bojacá on October 16, 1537.
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