Tunja is the capital of Boyaca Department in Colombia, set at 2,820 meters elevation in the Andes about 130 kilometers northeast of Bogotá. The Spanish city was founded on August 6, 1539 by Captain Gonzalo Suarez Rendon on the site of Hunza, an indigenous Muisca settlement conquered two years earlier. The 2018 census recorded about 172,548 residents, and the city is known for some of the best preserved Muisca architecture, including the Hunzahua Well and the Goranchacha Temple, as well as for being an important educational center with a very low homicide rate.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Sources
1. Tunja (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 180,572 (2021)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 5.540278, longitude -73.361389
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 2782 m
P2046 (area)
area 118.0 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1539
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 180572 (2021)
View the SourceTunja (Wikipedia)
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Tunja (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtuŋxa]) 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.
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