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Quípama

Quípama

Quípama is a town and municipality in the Department of , part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. It is home of one of the largest emerald mines in the world.
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  • Type: Town with 3,570 residents
  • Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Boyacá
  • Also known as: “Quipama”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muzo.

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is a town and municipality in the Western Boyacá Province, part of the department of , . It is widely known as the world capital of emeralds for the mines containing the world's highest quality gems of this type. is situated 9 km east of Quípama.

Quípama

Latitude
5.52297° or 5° 31′ 23″ north
Longitude
-74.18125° or 74° 10′ 53″ west
Population
3,570
Elevation
1,265 metres (4,150 feet)
Open location code
67Q7GRF9+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 703168842
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3775262
Wiki­data ID
Q1575472
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“Quípama” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Quípama (Colombia)”
  • Asturian: “Quípama”
  • Cebuano: “Quípama”
  • Chinese: “Quípama”
  • Chinese: “基帕馬”
  • Chinese: “基帕马”
  • Dutch: “Quipama”
  • Dutch: “Quípama”
  • French: “Quípama”
  • Galician: “Quípama”
  • Georgian: “კიპამა”
  • Irish: “Quípama”
  • Italian: “Quipama”
  • Italian: “Quípama”
  • Japanese: “キパマ”
  • Kotava: “Quípama”
  • Malay: “Quipama”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Quípama”
  • Persian: “کیپاما”
  • Polish: “Quípama”
  • Portuguese: “Quipama”
  • Portuguese: “Quípama”
  • Russian: “Кипама”
  • Scots: “Quípama”
  • Spanish: “Quipama”
  • Spanish: “Quípama”
  • Swedish: “Quípama”
  • Tagalog: “Quipama”
  • Turkish: “Quipama (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Quípama (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Quipama belediyesi”
  • Turkish: “Quípama belediyesi”
  • Turkish: “Quípama”
  • Uzbek: “Quípama”
  • Vietnamese: “Quípama”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Quipama”
  • “Quípama”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Quípama”. Photo: John Fredy Moreno, CC BY-SA 4.0.