Gachalá
Municipality and town in Cundinamarca, Colombia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the municipality in Colombia. For the emerald discovered there, see Gachalá Emerald.
Gachalá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Gachalá is situated at a distance of 148 kilometres (92 mi) from the capital Bogotá at an altitude of 1,712 metres (5,617 ft) in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders the western portion of the split municipality Ubalá and the department of Boyacá in the north, the eastern part of Ubalá and Medina in the east, Fómeque, Junín and Gama in the west and Fómeque, Medina and the department of Meta in the south.[1]
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Gachalá | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 4°41′35″N 73°31′12″W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Cundinamarca |
Province | Guavio Province |
Founded | 22 February 1810 |
Founded by | Mariano de Mendoza y Bueno |
Government | |
• Mayor | Germán Martínez Beltrán (2016-2019) |
Area | |
• Municipality and town | 448.29 km2 (173.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,712 m (5,617 ft) |
Population (2015) | |
• Municipality and town | 5,715 |
• Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,025 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Website | Official website |
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