Ráquira
Ráquira | |
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Municipality and town | |
Church of Ráquira | |
Location of the municipality and town of Ráquira in the Boyacá Department of Colombia | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Boyacá Department |
| Province | Ricaurte Province |
| Founded | 18 October 1580 |
| Founded by | Francisco de Orejuela |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Hernán Sierra Buitrago (2020-2023) |
| Area | |
| 233 km2 (90 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 2,150 m (7,050 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| 13,588 | |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,425 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
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Ráquira, is a municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province. Ráquira is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the urban center at an altitude of 2,150 metres (7,050 ft). It borders Tinjacá and Sutamarchán in the north, Guachetá, Cundinamarca in the south, in the east Sáchica and Samacá and in the west San Miguel de Sema and Lake Fúquene.