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area of 33,321 sq. m., including the Casanare territory. Pop. (1899, estimate) 508,940. The department is very mountainous, heavily forested and See also:

rich in minerals. The famous Muso See also:

EMERALD

emerald mines are located in the western See also:

PART

part of Boyaca. The See also:

capital, Tunja (pop. 1902, 10,000), is situated in the Eastern Cordilleras, 9054 ft. above See also:

sea-level, and has a cool, temperate See also:

CLIMATE

climate, though only 54° N. of the See also:

EQUATOR (Late Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)

equator. It was an important See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in colonial times, and occupies the site of one of the See also:

INDIAN

Indian towns of this region (Hunsa), which had acquired a considerable degree of See also:

CIVILIZATION

civilization before the See also:

DISCOVERY

discovery of See also:

AMERICA

America. Other towns of See also:

note in the department are Chiquinquira (20,000), Moniquira (18,000), Sogamoso (10,787), and Boyaca (7000), where on the 7th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1819 See also:

Bolivar defeated the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish See also:

army and secured the See also:

independence of New See also:

Granada.

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