Oicatá

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Field	Value
official_name	Oicata
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_flag	Flag of Oicatá (Boyacá).svg
image_seal	Escudo de Oicatá.svg
photo1a	Plaza_oicata_02.jpg
photo2a	Cultivooicata.jpg
photo2b	Casa_de_las_Hinojosas.JPG
photo3a	Suroicata.JPG
photo3b	Oicatatrav.JPG
photo4a	Panoramica_oicata.jpg
size	280
image_caption	Oicatá
image_map	Colombia - Boyaca - Oicata.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Oicatá in Boyacá
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	Fredy Garzón Rojas
(2020-2023)
established_title	Founded
established_date	9 May 1539 ( Years ago)
founder	Pedro Ruiz Corredor
area_total_km2	59
population_as_of	2015
population_total	2834
population_urban	301
population_density_km2	auto
coordinates
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	2815
website	Official website
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Oicatá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, Department of Boyacá, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at an altitude of 2815 m and a distance of 153 km from the national capital Bogotá and 15 km from the department capital Tunja. It borders Cómbita and Tuta in the north, Chivatá and Tunja in the south, Chivatá in the east and in the west Cómbita and Tunja.

Etymology

The name Oicatá comes from Chibcha and means "Domain of the priests" or "Hailstoned farmlands".

History

The municipality was founded on May 9, 1539 by Pedro Ruiz Corredor. Before the Spanish conquest it was the territory of the Muisca, which was the most developed in the country socially, culturally, and in productivity. Post-conquest governmental power was exercised by the Governor General, who was directly appointed by the King of Spain.

After several centuries of Spanish rule, and after fierce battles, the people won their freedom from Spain in the Battle of Boyacá, where on August 7, 1819, troops under the command of Simón Bolívar defeated the Spanish forces.

In 1821 the Constitution of Cúcuta divided the country into departments, the departments into provinces, provinces into counties, and counties into parishes, establishing Boyacá Department as an administrative entity comprising the provinces of Tunja, Pamplona, Socorro and Casanare.

The Act of June 15, 1857, established Boyacá as a sovereign state consisting of the provinces of Tunja, Tundama, Casanare, and the counties of Chiquinquirá and Velez.

The Act of October 31 of that year created four departments: Tunja with 42 districts, Tundama with 46, Casanare with 21, and Oriente (East) with 6.

Under the Constitution of Rionegro in 1863 the administrative divisions of Boyacá underwent various modifications, and Law 10 of that year established a new division into 6 departments: Casanare, Tundama, North, West, East and Centre.

The centrist Constitution of 1886 divided the country into departments, the departments into provinces, and the provinces into municipalities.

The provinces were abolished in 1911 by Executive Decree No. 306, and several municipalities were separated off to form the commissariat of Arauca.

Afterward the municipalities in the Orinoco region formed the intendency of Casanare as a newly annexed territory of Boyacá Department until 1973, when it split off again.

Economy

Main economical activity of Oicatá is agriculture with products potatoes, maize, barley, wheat, peas and beans.

Climate

Oicata's climate is influenced by its location and altitude. At almost 3000 m it is one of the higher cities in Colombia. As a result, the city features a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cfb) with little variation in temperature throughout the year but a distinct dry season from December to February.

| | 6.8 |18.8 |23 | 7.3 |19.1 |30 | 8.2 |19.2 |64 | 8.8 |18.2 |116 | 8.9 |17.5 |108 | 8.3 |16.3 |92 | 7.9 |16.0 |70 | 7.9 |16.6 |69 | 7.8 |17.0 |72 | 8.2 |17.3 |122 | 8.3 |18.0 |108 | 7.3 |18.3 |43 | maxprecip = 350 | float = none | clear = none | source = Climate-data.org - Tunja

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References

{{in lang. es [http://www.oicata-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Oicatá] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-09-24)
{{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Oicatá] - Excelsio.net

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