Área metropolitana de Tunja, Metropolitan area in Boyacá, Colombia.
The Tunja metropolitan area spans 1,770 square kilometers across the Eastern Colombian Andes, encompassing 14 municipalities at an average altitude of 2,650 meters.
The metropolitan region centers around Tunja, founded in 1539 on ancient Muisca territory, where Spanish colonizers established their settlement one year after Bogotá.
This metropolitan zone includes numerous educational institutions, with the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia making it a major academic center.
The area maintains regular quarterly meetings between municipalities to coordinate joint development projects and implement shared urban planning strategies.
The metropolitan police force, METUN, established in 2014, operates across all member municipalities while supporting the main Boyacá Police Department command.
GPS coordinates: 5.53333,-73.36670
Latest update: May 3, 2025 03:14
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39.5 km
Cárcel de Cómbita
19.5 km
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Gondava
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599 m
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Plaza de Bolívar
565 m
La pila del mono
4 m
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Páramo de Guacheneque
38.5 km
Embalse de La Copa
21 km
Paredón de los Mártires
656 m
Cojines del Zaque
4 m
Iglesia de Santo Domingo (Tunja)
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Yacimiento rupestre de Sáchica
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Monumento a la Raza Indígena
4 m
Plaza Real de Tunja
4 m
Claustro de San Agustín (Tunja)
248 m
Bosque de la República
4 m
Iglesia de las Nieves (Tunja)
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Alto de San Lázaro
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