Siachoque
Siachoque | |
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Municipality and town | |
Central square Siachoque | |
Location of the municipality and town of Siachoque in the Boyacá Department of Colombia | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Boyacá Department |
| Province | Central Boyacá Province |
| Founded | 2 August 1556 |
| Founded by | Friar Jerónimo de Peralta |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jairo Grijalba Lancheros (2020–2023) |
| Area | |
| 125 km2 (48 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 2,760 m (9,060 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| 8,964 | |
| • Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,574 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
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Siachoque is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Siachoque is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of 21 kilometres (13 mi) from the department capital Tunja. It borders Toca in the north, Rondón and Viracachá in the south, in the east Toca, Pesca and Rondón and in the west Soracá and Chivatá.