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Tunja

Capital of Boyacá Department

Citymunicipality of Colombia city of Colombia big cityQ236744

Country: Colombia
Located in: Central Boyacá Province
Population: 180,572(2021)
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1.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/proyecciones-de-poblacion
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, 202,939(2019)
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1.dane.gov.co/index.php/estadisticas-por-tema/demografia-y-poblacion/proyecciones-de-poblacion
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, 152,419(2005)
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Area: 118 km²
Elevation: 2,782 m
Founded: August 6, 1539
Postal code: 150001–150009
Website: tunja-boyaca.gov.co

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Tunja is a municipality and city on the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, in the region known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, 130 km northeast of Bogotá. In 2018 the municipality had a population of 172,548. It is the capital of Boyacá department and the Central Boyacá Province. Tunja is an important educational centre of well-known universities. In the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, there was an indigenous settlement, called Hunza, seat of the hoa Quemuenchatocha, conquered by the Spanish conquistadors on August 20, 1537. The Spanish city was founded by captain Gonzalo Suárez Rendón on August 6, 1539, exactly one year after the capital Santafé de Bogotá. The city hosts the most remaining Muisca architecture: Hunzahúa Well, Goranchacha Temple and Cojines del Zaque.

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Twinned administrative body: Juliaca
Pamplona(since 2012)
Potenza(since 2009)
Valledupar
Founded by: Gonzalo Suárez Rendón
Capital of: Boyacá Department
Granadine Confederation
Muisca Confederations
Continent: South America
Demonym: Tunjano applies to part: masculine singular
Tunjana applies to part: feminine singular

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