Chivatá
title: "Chivatá" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-boyacá-department", "populated-places-established-in-1556", "1556-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivatá" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Chivatá |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Chivatá Parque.JPG |
| image_caption | Central square of Chivatá |
| image_flag | BanderaChivatá.png |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Chivata.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Chivatá in the Boyacá Department of Colombia |
| pushpin_mapsize | 300 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Colombia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Boyacá Department |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Central Boyacá Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Rafael Antonio Fonseca Cely |
| (2020-2023) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 5 March 1556 |
| area_total_km2 | 56 |
| area_urban_km2 | 20 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 6199 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 2557 |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2903 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Chivatá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of 2903 m on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at 5 km from the department capital Tunja. It borders Oicatá, Toca and Tuta in the north, Toca and Siachoque in the east, Siachoque and Soracá in the south and Tunja in the west.
Etymology
The name Chivatá is derived from the Chibcha language of the Muisca who inhabited the central highlands of Colombia before the Spanish conquest in the 1530s. It means "Our outside farmfields".
History
Chivatá was ruled by a cacique named Chipatá, loyal to the zaque of nearby Hunza before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores. Modern Chivatá was founded on March 5, 1556.
Gallery
File:Chivata Panoramica.JPG|View of Chivatá File:Chivata alrededores.JPG|Rural area File:Chivata.JPG|Rural area File:DSCN2652.JPG|Rural area File:Chivatá carreteable.JPG|Rural road File:Frontera Chivata Oicata.jpg|Border of Chivatá and Oicatá
References
References
- {{in lang. es [https://archive.today/20150529032900/http://www.chivata-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Chivatá]
- es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Chivatá] - Excelsio.net
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