Güicán
Güicán de la Sierra, also known as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Güicán, is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá. It is close to the national natural park El Cocuy National Park.Photo: Andresflipper1996, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 4,280 residents
- Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Boyacá
- Also known as: “Gueican” and “Güicán de la Sierra”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Panqueba and El Espino.
Panqueba
Town
Photo: Petruss, Public domain.
Panqueba is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Gutiérrez Province. Panqueba is situated 6 km west of Güicán.
El Espino
Town
Photo: Petruss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Espino is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Gutiérrez Province. El Espino is situated 9 km west of Güicán.
Güicán
- Categories: municipality of Colombia and locality
- Location: Güicán, Boyacá, Andino, Colombia, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.46168° or 6° 27′ 42″ northLongitude
-72.41199° or 72° 24′ 43″ westPopulation
4,280Elevation
2,820 metres (9,252 feet)Open location code
67R9FH6Q+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 703170142OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3681222Wikidata ID
Q1577669
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Güicán” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Güicán (Colombia)”
- Asturian: “Güicán”
- Cebuano: “Güicán”
- Chinese: “Güicán”
- Chinese: “圭坎”
- Dutch: “Guican”
- Dutch: “Güicán”
- French: “Güicán”
- Galician: “Güicán”
- Georgian: “გუიკანი”
- German: “Güicán”
- Irish: “Güicán”
- Italian: “Guican”
- Italian: “Güicán”
- Kotava: “Güicán”
- Malay: “Güicán”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Güicán”
- Persian: “گویکان”
- Polish: “Güicán”
- Portuguese: “Güicán”
- Russian: “Гуикан”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Güicán”
- Spanish: “Güicán de la Sierra”
- Spanish: “Guican”
- Spanish: “Guicán”
- Spanish: “Güican”
- Spanish: “Güicán”
- Swedish: “Güicán”
- Tagalog: “Güicán”
- Turkish: “Güican (belediye)”
- Turkish: “Güicán (belediye)”
- Turkish: “Güican belediyesi”
- Turkish: “Güicán belediyesi”
- Turkish: “Güicán”
- Ukrainian: “Гюйкан”
- Uzbek: “Güicán”
- Vietnamese: “Guicán”
- Vietnamese: “Güicán”
- Waray (Philippines): “Güicán”
- “Güicán de la Sierra”
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