Ramiriquí
title: "Ramiriquí" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-boyacá-department", "populated-places-established-in-1541", "1541-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "populated-places-of-the-muisca-confederation"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramiriquí" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ramiriquí |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Iglesia de Ramiriquí.jpg |
| image_caption | Church of Ramiriquí |
| image_flag | Flag of Ramiriquí (Boyacá).svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Ramiriqui.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Ramiriquí 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 | Márquez Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | José Moisés Aguirre Sanabria |
| (2020–2023) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 21 December 1541 |
| founder | Pedro Durán |
| area_total_km2 | 146.5 |
| area_urban_km2 | 7.25 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 10015 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 5023 |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2325 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Ramiriquí is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Márquez Province. Ramiriquí borders the department capital Tunja in the north, in the south Chinavita and Zetaquirá, in the east Rondón and Ciénaga and in the west Chivatá, Tibaná and Jenesano.
Etymology
Ramiriquí was named after the last cacique; Ramirique. In the Chibcha language of the Muisca Ramirraquí means "white earth". An alternative etymology is Ca-mi-quiquí which means "our strength over the grasslands".
History
The area of Ramiriquí was inhabited by the Muisca before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the 1530s. The northern Muisca Confederation was ruled from nearby Hunza, present-day Tunja, after the mythological and brutal cacique Goranchacha moved the capital there from Ramiriquí. The first ruler of Hunza was Hunzahúa after whom the city was named.
Second-last ruler Quemuenchatocha died in Ramiriquí, after he was beaten by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
The modern town was founded on December 21, 1541 by Spanish friar Pedro Durán.
Within the boundaries of Ramiriquí petroglyphs have been found.
Economy
Main economical activities in Ramiriquí are agriculture (uchuva, tree tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, blackberries and maize), fishing and crafts.
Born in Ramiriqui
- Jose Ignacio de Marquez, first civil Colombian president
- José Patrocinio Jiménez, former professional cyclist
- Mauricio Soler, former international cyclist
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Ramiriquí (Villa Luisa), elevation 2200 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 23.2 |Feb high C = 23.6 |Mar high C = 23.3 |Apr high C = 22.5 |May high C = 21.7 |Jun high C = 20.8 |Jul high C = 20.3 |Aug high C = 19.8 |Sep high C = 21.2 |Oct high C = 21.9 |Nov high C = 22.3 |Dec high C = 22.7 | year high C = 21.9 |Jan mean C = 16.7 |Feb mean C = 17.0 |Mar mean C = 17.3 |Apr mean C = 17.1 |May mean C = 16.8 |Jun mean C = 16.1 |Jul mean C = 15.6 |Aug mean C = 15.6 |Sep mean C = 16.0 |Oct mean C = 16.5 |Nov mean C = 16.7 |Dec mean C = 16.7 | year mean C = 16.5 |Jan low C = 10.6 |Feb low C = 11.1 |Mar low C = 12.0 |Apr low C = 12.6 |May low C = 12.7 |Jun low C = 12.2 |Jul low C = 11.9 |Aug low C = 11.7 |Sep low C = 11.3 |Oct low C = 11.7 |Nov low C = 12.1 |Dec low C = 11.5 | year low C = 11.8 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 19.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 33.6 |Mar precipitation mm = 55.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 95.1 |May precipitation mm = 129.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 110.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 115.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 95.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 77.5 |Oct precipitation mm = 112.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 92.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 40.1 |year precipitation mm = 976.4 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 6 | Feb precipitation days = 9 | Mar precipitation days = 13 | Apr precipitation days = 19 | May precipitation days = 23 | Jun precipitation days = 24 | Jul precipitation days = 26 | Aug precipitation days = 24 | Sep precipitation days = 19 | Oct precipitation days = 20 | Nov precipitation days = 17 | Dec precipitation days = 10 | year precipitation days = 204 | Jan humidity = 78 | Feb humidity = 76 | Mar humidity = 77 | Apr humidity = 80 | May humidity = 82 | Jun humidity = 84 | Jul humidity = 85 | Aug humidity = 85 | Sep humidity = 82 | Oct humidity = 81 | Nov humidity = 82 | Dec humidity = 80 | year humidity = 81 |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}}
Gallery
File:Ramiriqui 05.JPG|Central square File:Ramiriqui 02.JPG|Central square File:Ramiriqui 01.JPG|Central square File:Ramiriqui 03.JPG|Central square and church File:Ramiriqui 04.JPG|Farmer monument
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.ramiriqui-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Ramiriquí]{{Dead link. (August 2025)
- {{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Ramiriquí] - accessed 02-05-2016
- {{in lang. es [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309220038/http://rupestreweb.info/ramiriqui.html Petroglyphs in Ramiriquí] - accessed 02-05-2016
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