Tinjacá ( Spanish: Tinjacá ) is a city and municipality in central Colombia , within the Boyaca Department . It is part of the province of Rickaurt .
| City | |||
| Tinhaka | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Tinjacá | |||
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| A country |  Colombia | ||
| The Department | Boyaca | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Based | 1556 | ||
| Square | 79 km² | ||
| Center height | 2131 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 5 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 3,035 people ( 2015 ) | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| tinjaca-boyaca.gov.co (Spanish) | |||
History
The settlement, from which the city later grew, was founded in 1556 [1] .
Geographical position
The city is located in the western part of the department, in the highlands of Eastern Cordillera , on the left bank of the Sutamarchan River, about 32 kilometers west of the city of Tunja , the administrative center of the department. The absolute height is 2131 meters above sea level [2] . The municipality of Tinhaka borders on the territory of the municipality of Saboya in the northwest, in the west with the municipality of Chiquinquira , in the southwest with the municipality of San Miguel de Sema , in the southeast with the municipality of Rakira , in the northeast with the municipality Sutamarchan . The area of the municipality is 79 km² [1] .
Population
According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, the total population of the city and municipality in 2015 was 3035 people [3] . The dynamics of the population of the municipality by years:
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2939 | 2953 | 2967 | 2979 | 2990 | 3000 | 3009 | 3017 | 3024 | 3030 | 3035 |
According to the 2005 census, men made up 51% of the Tinhaki population, women - 49%, respectively. Racially, whites and mestizos accounted for 99.96% of the city's population; Negroes , mulattoes and Raisals - 0.04% [4] . The literacy rate among the entire population was 85.6%.
Economics
53.4% of the total number of urban and municipal enterprises are trade enterprises, 35.2% are service enterprises, 11.4% are industrial enterprises [4] .
Transport
National Highway 60 passes through the city ( Spanish: Ruta Nacional 60 ).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Información general (Spanish) (inaccessible link - history ) . Alcaldía de Tinjacá - Boyacá.
- ↑ Tinjaca, Colombia Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer.
- ↑ Proyecciones de Población departamentales y municipales por área 2005 - 2020 (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística.
- ↑ 1 2 Censo General 2005. Perfil Tinjacá - Boyacá (Spanish) . Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica.