Tocancipá
Tocancipá | |
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Municipality and town | |
Church tower of Tocancipá | |
| Etymology: Muysccubun: "Valley of the joys of the zipa" | |
Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°57′56.7″N 73°54′48.9″W / 4.965750°N 73.913583°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Province | Central Savanna Province |
| Founded | 21 September 1593 |
| Founded by | Miguel de Ibarra |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Walfrando Adolfo Forero Bejarano (2016-2019) |
| Area | |
| 73.24 km2 (28.28 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,605 m (8,547 ft) |
| Population (2018 census) | |
| 39,996 | |
| • Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 15,355 |
| • Urban density | 9,500/km2 (25,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
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Tocancipá (Spanish pronunciation: [tokansiˈpa]) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Tocancipá is situated in the northern part of the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes with the urban centre at an altitude of 2,605 metres (8,547 ft). The capital Bogotá, which metropolitan area includes Tocancipá, is 42 kilometres (26 mi) to the south. Tocancipá borders Gachancipá in the north, Guasca and Sopó in the south, Guatavita in the east and Zipaquirá in the west.