Bojacá
Bojacá | |
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Municipality and town | |
Church of Bojacá | |
Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°44′1″N 74°20′32″W / 4.73361°N 74.34222°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Province | Western Savanna Province |
| Founded | 16 October 1537 |
| Founded by | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Juan Carlos Gaitán Chiriví (2016–2019) |
| Area | |
| 109 km2 (42 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 40 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,598 m (8,524 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| 11,254 | |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9,256 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
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Bojacá is a municipality and town of the Western Savanna Province, Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of 2,598 metres (8,524 ft) on the Bogotá savanna at 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Zipacón, Madrid and Facatativá in the north, Madrid and Mosquera in the east, Soacha and San Antonio del Tequendama in the south and Tena, La Mesa and Zipacón in the west.