Garagoa
title: "Garagoa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-boyacá-department", "1809-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "populated-places-established-in-1809"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garagoa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Garagoa |
| image_skyline | Catedral Garagoa Año 2007.jpg |
| image_caption | Church of Garagoa |
| image_flag | Flag of Garagoa.svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Garagoa.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Garagoa.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the town and municipality of Garagoa in Boyacá Department |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Boyacá |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Neira |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 5 October 1809 |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Fabio Augusto Arévalo |
| (2020–2023) | |
| area_total_km2 | 191.75 |
| elevation_m | 1650 |
| population_total | 16944 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_urban | 13654 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | -5 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Garagoa () is a town and municipality in Colombia, located in the Boyacá Department. It covers an area of 191.75 km2 and the urban centre is located at an altitude of 1650 m above sea level. Parts of the municipality reach altitudes of 3050 m. It is the capital of the province of Neira. It is also the seat of the Diocese of Garagoa of the Catholic Church. The municipality is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes and borders Chinavita in the north, Macanal in the south, Tenza and Sutatenza in the west and Miraflores and Chinavita in the east.
Etymology
Garagoa in Chibcha means "Behind the hill" or "On the other side of the hill".
History
In the times before the Spanish conquest, the area of Garagoa was inhabited by the Muisca, organized in their loose Muisca Confederation. Garagoa was ruled by the zaque based in Hunza. Garagoa was visited by conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada in 1539, and was elevated to municipal status on October 5, 1809.
Economy
Main economical activities of Garagoa are agriculture, livestock farming and mining. Among the agricultural products, most important are maize, yuca, potatoes, arracacha, bananas, peas, beans, pumpkins, tomatoes, fique, coffee and sugar cane. Also mangoes, chirimoya, oranges, avocadoes, pineapples, mandarines, papayas, maracuyá and guayaba are produced. Mining is mostly coal.
Trivia
- The tree frog Dendropsophus garagoensis has been found in and named after Garagoa
Gallery
File:Iglesia Garagoa.JPG|Church of Garagoa File:Fuente-1.jpg|Fountain File:CAM00565.jpg|Central park and square File:Ceiba en el parque central de Garagoa.jpg|Tree in central park File:CAM00562.jpg|Central park
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.garagoa-boyaca.gov.co/ Official website Garagoa]
- es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Municipalities Boyacá] - Excelsio.net
- [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Dendropsophus&where-species=garagoensis ''Dendropsophus garagoensis'']
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