Villa de Leyva
Villa de Leyva is a charming old colonial city in the Boyacá region of Colombia. Calm and quiet on weekdays, it gets flooded by tourists from Bogotá on the weekends.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chíquiza.
Chíquiza
Town
Photo: Petruss, Public domain.
Chíquiza is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Chíquiza was called San Pedro de Iguaque until July 17, 2003, when the name was changed to Chíquiza. Chíquiza is situated 5 km southeast of Villa de Leyva.
Villa de Leyva
- Type: Town with 17,000 residents
- Also known as: “Villa de Leiva”
- Category: locality
- Location: Boyacá, Andino, Colombia, South America
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Latitude
5.6338° or 5° 38′ 2″ northLongitude
-73.524° or 73° 31′ 26″ westPopulation
17,000Elevation
2,230 metres (7,316 feet)Open location code
67Q8JFMG+GCOpenStreetMap ID
node 11291344272OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3676662
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Villa de Leyva” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “萊瓦鎮”
- French: “Villa de Leyva”
- Georgian: “ვილია-დე-ლეივა”
- German: “Villa de Leyva”
- Lithuanian: “Vilja de Lejva”
- Portuguese: “Villa de Leyva”
- Spanish: “Leiva”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Villa de Leyva”
- Spanish: “Villa de Leyva”
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