Muzo
Muzo is a town and municipality in the Western Boyacá Province, part of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. It is widely known as the world capital of emeralds for the mines containing the world's highest quality gems of this type.
- Type: Town with 8,600 residents
- Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Boyacá
- Also known as: “Muzo (belediye)”, “Muzo (Colombia)”, and “Muzo belediyesi”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quípama.
Quípama
Town
Muzo
- Categories: municipality of Colombia and locality
- Location: Muzo, Boyacá, Andino, Colombia, South America
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Latitude
5.53213° or 5° 31′ 56″ north
Longitude
-74.10278° or 74° 6′ 10″ west
Population
8,600
Elevation
770 metres (2,526 feet)
Open location code
67Q7GVJW+VV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Muzo” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Muzo”
- Cebuano: “Muzo”
- Chinese: “穆索”
- Dutch: “Muzo”
- French: “Muzo”
- Galician: “Muzo”
- Georgian: “მუსო”
- German: “Muzo”
- Irish: “Muzo”
- Italian: “Muzo”
- Kotava: “Muzo”
- Malay: “Muzo”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Muzo”
- Persian: “موزو”
- Polish: “Muzo”
- Portuguese: “Muzo”
- Russian: “Мусо”
- Spanish: “Muzo”
- Swedish: “Muzo”
- Tagalog: “Muzo”
- Turkish: “Muzo”
- Ukrainian: “Мусо”
- Urdu: “موسو”
- Uzbek: “Muzo”
- Vietnamese: “Muzo”
- Waray (Philippines): “Muzo”
- “Muzo”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Miraflores and Palo Bonito.
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