Samacá

Samacá
Coordinates: 5 ° 30 ′ N , 73 ° 29 ′ W Samacá on the map of Colombia	Samacá
	Samacá
	Location of the municipality of Samacá on the map of Boyacá
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Boyacá
City foundation	1556
Residents	20,767 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	160 km 2
Population density	130 inhabitants / km 2
height	2765 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Wilson Castiblanco Gil (2016-2019)
Website	www.samaca-boyaca.gov.co
	View of Samacá
	Nuestra Señora del Rosario Church
	Landscape of Samacá

Samaca is a municipality (municipio) in the department of Boyacá in Colombia .

geography

Samacá is located in the Department of Boyacá in the province of Centro , 32 km from Tunja and 159 km from Bogotá , in the Colombian Andes . The municipality borders Sáchica , Sora and Cucaita in the north, Tunja and Ventaquemada in the east, Ventaquemada, Ráquira and Guachetá in the Cundinamarca department in the south and Ráquira in the west.

The municipality of Samacá has 20,767 inhabitants, of which 6,250 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

Samacá goes back to settlements from pre-colonial times. Samacá was founded in Spain in 1556.

Commons : Samacá - collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldía Municipal de Samacá en Boyacá. Alcaldía de Samacá - Boyacá, accessed January 30, 2019 (Spanish, municipality website).

↑ Localización geográfica. Alcaldía de Samacá - Boyacá, accessed January 30, 2019 (Spanish, information on the geography of the municipality).
↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed January 30, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia (Excel; 1.72 MB)).
↑ Historia. Alcaldía de Samacá - Boyacá, accessed January 30, 2019 (Spanish, information on the history of the municipality).