Tibiritá | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Almeidas Province |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Maria Antonia Martín Mateus |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 9 July 1593 |
Founder: | Miguel de Ibarra |
Area Total Km2: | 57.2 |
Area Urban Km2: | 0.26 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 2950 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 492 |
Coordinates: | 5.0511°N -73.5042°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1980 |
Tibirita is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Tibirita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of 125km (78miles) from the capital Bogotá. It borders Villapinzón in the north, in the east La Capilla (Boyacá), in the south Guateque (Boyacá) and in the west Manta, Machetá and Chocontá.[1]
The area of Tibiritá was populated by the Muisca before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca in the 1530s. The village was ruled by the zaque of Hunza, present day capital of Boyacá Tunja. Modern Tibiritá was founded on July 9, 1553 by Miguel de Ibarra.[1] The name Tibiritá is Chibcha.
Main economical activity of Tibiritá is dairy farming.[1]