Duitama

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official_nameDuitama
nicknamePerla de Boyacá
("Pearl of Boyacá")
settlement_typeMunicipality and city
image_skyline{{Photomontage
photo1aPueblito boyacence Duitama 04.JPG
photo2aSanta Ana Duitama.JPG
photo3aRuta Nacional 55-1.jpg
photo3bVista Duitama.jpg
photo4aUan Duitama.jpg
photo5aCultivo de cebolla 2.jpg
spacing1
positioncenter
color_borderwhite
colorwhite
size270
image_captionTop: Pueblito Boyacense, Second: Duitama rural area, Third: Briceño-Tunja-Sogamoso Highway, Fourth: Skyline Duitama, Fifth: Antonio Nariño University - Duitama Campus, Bottom: Onion cultivation in the south of Duitama
image_flagFlag of Duitama.svg
image_shieldEscudo de Duitama.svg
image_mapColombia - Boyaca - Duitama.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of the town and municipality of Duitama in Boyacá Department
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameColombia
subdivision_type1Department
subdivision_name1Boyacá
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Tundama Province
government_typeMunicipality
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameJose Luis Bohórquez López
(2024–2027)
established_titleFounded
established_datePre-Conquest
established_title2Erected
established_date2July 27, 1819
area_total_km2266.93
area_urban_km212.7
coordinates
population_as_of2023 est.
population_total131591
population_urban114192
population_density_km2auto
population_density_urban_km2auto
population_demonymDuitamense
elevation_m2590
postal_code_typePostal code
postal_code150461-69
area_code+7
websiteOfficial website
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| official_name = Duitama | other_name = | nickname = Perla de Boyacá ("Pearl of Boyacá") | settlement_type = Municipality and city | motto = | image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = Pueblito boyacence Duitama 04.JPG | photo2a = Santa Ana Duitama.JPG | photo3a = Ruta Nacional 55-1.jpg | photo3b = Vista Duitama.jpg | photo4a = Uan Duitama.jpg | photo5a = Cultivo de cebolla 2.jpg | spacing = 1 | position = center | color_border = white | color = white | size = 270 | footmontage = | image_caption = Top: Pueblito Boyacense, Second: Duitama rural area, Third: Briceño-Tunja-Sogamoso Highway, Fourth: Skyline Duitama, Fifth: Antonio Nariño University - Duitama Campus, Bottom: Onion cultivation in the south of Duitama | image_flag = Flag of Duitama.svg | image_shield = Escudo de Duitama.svg | image_map = Colombia - Boyaca - Duitama.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location of the town and municipality of Duitama in Boyacá Department | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Colombia | subdivision_type1 = Department | subdivision_name1 = Boyacá | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Tundama Province | government_type = Municipality | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jose Luis Bohórquez López (2024–2027) | established_title = Founded | established_date = Pre-Conquest | established_title2 = Erected | established_date2 = July 27, 1819 | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 266.93 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = 12.7 | area_metro_km2 = | coordinates = | population_as_of = 2023 est. | population_footnotes = | population_total = 131591 | population_urban = 114192 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Duitamense | elevation_m = 2590 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 150461-69 | area_code = +7 | website = Official website | footnotes = Duitama () is a city and municipality in the department of Boyacá. It's the capital of the Tundama Province. Duitama is located 195 km northeast of Bogotá, the capital of Colombia and 50 km northeast of Tunja, the capital of Boyacá. In 2023 Duitama had an estimated population of 131,591.

Etymology

Duitama has existed since pre-Columbian times, when the Muisca inhabited the hills surrounding a former lake in the valley. The original name of Duitama was "Tundama", named after cacique Tundama.

The name of Duitama means "to me the tribute" in muyskkubun (Muisca language). In its beginnings, Duitama corresponded to a Muisca village ruled by the cacique Tundama, a word that changed for Duitama, absolute and powerful lord that he had as bosses tributaries to the Onzaga, Soatá, Chitagoto, Susacón or Cabita, Icabuco, Lupachoque, Sátiva, Tutazá and Cerinza caciques. The natives lived in bohíos, looking for the heights of the plain of the Indians, Tigua, today hills of La Milagrosa, Cargua, La Tolosa, San José (La Alacranera) and Tocogua.

Duitama is known as "The Pearl of Boyacá".

Geography

Duitama, situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense is bounded to the north by the department of Santander; Charalá and Encino, to the south by the Boyacá municipalities of Tibasosa and Paipa, to the east with the municipalities of Santa Rosa de Viterbo and Floresta.

Climate

The elevation of the city is about 2590 m above sea level and the average temperature is 15 °C.

Duitama's climate is subtropical oceanic highland being cool and overcast over the course of the year. The temperature typically varies from 7 °C (45 °F) to 19 °C (67 °F) and is rarely below 4 °C (39 °F) or above 21 °C (70 °F). Sometimes Duitama has reached sub-zero temperatures such as -2,7 °C (27 °F).

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|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Duitama (Sierra La), elevation 2700 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 17.3 |Feb high C = 17.6 |Mar high C = 17.5 |Apr high C = 17.3 |May high C = 17.2 |Jun high C = 17.4 |Jul high C = 17.1 |Aug high C = 17.4 |Sep high C = 17.2 |Oct high C = 16.8 |Nov high C = 16.6 |Dec high C = 16.7 | year high C = 17.2 |Jan mean C = 11.9 |Feb mean C = 12.0 |Mar mean C = 12.1 |Apr mean C = 12.3 |May mean C = 12.4 |Jun mean C = 12.3 |Jul mean C = 12.2 |Aug mean C = 12.3 |Sep mean C = 12.1 |Oct mean C = 11.9 |Nov mean C = 11.9 |Dec mean C = 11.9 | year mean C = 12.1 |Jan low C = 7.4 |Feb low C = 7.8 |Mar low C = 7.9 |Apr low C = 8.5 |May low C = 8.5 |Jun low C = 8.3 |Jul low C = 7.9 |Aug low C = 8.0 |Sep low C = 8.0 |Oct low C = 8.1 |Nov low C = 8.1 |Dec low C = 7.7 | year low C = 8.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 119.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 138.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 208.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 249.9 |May precipitation mm = 210.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 91.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 75.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 88.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 137.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 251.6 |Nov precipitation mm = 216.0 |Dec precipitation mm = 128.3 |year precipitation mm = 1907.5 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 17 | Feb precipitation days = 17 | Mar precipitation days = 22 | Apr precipitation days = 24 | May precipitation days = 23 | Jun precipitation days = 16 | Jul precipitation days = 17 | Aug precipitation days = 16 | Sep precipitation days = 18 | Oct precipitation days = 24 | Nov precipitation days = 24 | Dec precipitation days = 20 | year precipitation days = 238 | Jan humidity = 84 | Feb humidity = 85 | Mar humidity = 86 | Apr humidity = 88 | May humidity = 87 | Jun humidity = 84 | Jul humidity = 82 | Aug humidity = 82 | Sep humidity = 83 | Oct humidity = 87 | Nov humidity = 88 | Dec humidity = 87 | year humidity = 85 |Jan sun = 151.9 |Feb sun = 124.2 |Mar sun = 105.4 |Apr sun = 75.0 |May sun = 83.7 |Jun sun = 102.0 |Jul sun = 117.8 |Aug sun = 120.9 |Sep sun = 108.0 |Oct sun = 89.9 |Nov sun = 93.0 |Dec sun = 124.0 |year sun = |Jand sun = 4.9 |Febd sun = 4.4 |Mard sun = 3.4 |Aprd sun = 2.5 |Mayd sun = 2.7 |Jund sun = 3.4 |Juld sun = 3.8 |Augd sun = 3.9 |Sepd sun = 3.6 |Octd sun = 2.9 |Novd sun = 3.1 |Decd sun = 4.0 |yeard sun = |source 1 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales{{cite web |url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010 |publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales |language=es |access-date=3 June 2024 |url-status=dead}}

History

Main article: Tundama

Duitama in the times before the Spanish conquest was called Tundama.

Conquest of Duitama

Main article: Spanish conquest of the Muisca

Before the Spanish conquest, the Muisca were organized in a loose Muisca Confederation. The confederation was composed of four main political and religious leaders, from south to north; the zipa based in Bacatá, the zaque of Hunza, the iraca of Sugamuxi and the Tundama of Duitama, then called Tundama. Additionally, more independent caciques governed other villages.

The Tundama ruled over the villages of Onzaga, Soatá, Chitagoto, Susacón, Icabuco, Lupachoque, Sátiva, Tutazá and Cerinza. The Tundama lived on the hill currently called La Tolosa.

In 1536, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada set foot from the Caribbean coastal city of Santa Marta towards the inner highlands of then unexplored Colombia with an army of 800 men. After conquering the southern areas of the Muisca, accessed from the shores of the Magdalena River he and a reduced number of troops marched towards the northern Muisca territories. He first submitted Hunza, the seat of the zaque and in September 1537 he arrived in Sugamuxi, sacred City of the Sun where his soldiers burned the Sun Temple.

The cacique Tundama heard about the invading foreigners and tried to win time while hiding his treasures from the Spanish. One of his men proposed to surrender to the soldiers armed with superior weapons, and Tundama cut off his ears and left hand.

At the end of 1539, another Spanish conquistador who proved himself in the Kingdom of Quito and Peru, Baltasar Maldonado, entered the Tundama territories and after several battles Tundama surrendered to the Spanish rule. Tundama was killed by a hammer of Maldonado in late December 1539.

Tundama in Muisca history

Colonial period

During the colonial period of the newly established state New Kingdom of Granada, Duitama was converted to catholicism by friars of Santo Domingo, arriving in 1556. They held their positions until 1775.

Modern Duitama was not founded until 1819, before Simón Bolívar liberated the later state of Gran Colombia from the Spanish rule.

Modern age

Duitama was an agricultural community that grew after the installation of the train station in 1923 and the connection with the Colombian capital via highway. From 1950 onwards the city hosted more industry.

International events

In 1995, Duitama was the second city in Latin America to host the UCI Road World Championships. The first city to host that event was San Cristóbal, Venezuela in 1977.

Tourism

In Duitama the touristic village Pueblito Boyacense is a popular destination. The village is composed of colonial houses.

Born in Duitama

Gallery

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References

References

  1. (30 October 2023). "Nuevo rostro de la alcaldía de Duitama 2024- 2027".
  2. {{in lang. es [https://archive.today/20140310085158/http://www.duitama-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Duitama]
  3. Telefónicas, Telencuestas-Encuestas. "Cuántos habitantes tiene Duitama, Boyacá en 2023".
  4. http://www.duitama-boyaca.gov.co/?idcategoria=1987 Nombre de Duitama
  5. "Clima Duitama, Temperatura. Mejor época para viajar, Tiempo.".
  6. "Duitama Climate, Weather By Month, Average Temperature (Colombia) - Weather Spark".
  7. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. (2020-02-06). "¡Hasta -6,8 °C! El 'top 10' de los municipios más fríos de Colombia".
  8. (2020-02-07). "Hielo en los campos de Boyacá por históricas heladas".
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  11. {{in lang. es [http://pueblosoriginarios.com/biografias/iraca.html Iraca rulers] - Pueblos Originarios

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