Gachetá, the Glossary
Gachetá, Cundinamarca is a municipality and town of Colombia, capital of the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca.[1]
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28 relations: Andes, Arracacia xanthorrhiza, Bean, Blackberry, Boyacá Department, Cacique, Cassava, Chibcha language, Coffee, Colombia, Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Cundinamarca Department, Departments of Colombia, Gama, Cundinamarca, Guatavita, Guavio Province, Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Colombia), Junín, Cundinamarca, Machetá, Maize, Manta, Cundinamarca, Muisca, Muisca Confederation, Municipalities of Colombia, Potato, Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Sugarcane, Ubalá.
- 1593 establishments in the Spanish Empire
- Populated places established in 1593
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
Arracacia xanthorrhiza
Arracacia xanthorrhiza is a root vegetable that originates in the Andes, whose starchy taproot is a popular food item across South America where it is a major commercial crop.
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Bean
A bean is the seed of several plants in the family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food.
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Blackberry
The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus Rubus in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus Rubus, and hybrids between the subgenera Rubus and Idaeobatus.
Boyacá Department
Boyacá is one of the thirty-two departments of Colombia, and the remnant of Boyacá State, one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".
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Cacique
A cacique, sometimes spelled as cazique (feminine form: cacica), was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, who were the indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles at the time of European contact with those places.
Cassava
Manihot esculenta, commonly called cassava, manioc,--> or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America, from Brazil, Paraguay and parts of the Andes.
Chibcha language
Chibcha, Mosca, Muisca, Muysca (*/ˈmɨska/ *), or Muysca de Bogotá is a language spoken by the Muisca people of the Muisca Confederation, one of the many indigenous cultures of the Americas.
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Coffee
Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted coffee beans.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)
The Cordillera Oriental (Eastern Ranges) is the widest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes.
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Cundinamarca Department
Department of Cundinamarca (Departamento de Cundinamarca) is one of the departments of Colombia.
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Departments of Colombia
Departments of Colombia refer to the administrative divisions of Colombia.
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Gama, Cundinamarca
Gama is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Gachetá and Gama, Cundinamarca are municipalities of Cundinamarca Department.
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Guatavita
Guatavita is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Gachetá and Guatavita are 1593 establishments in the Spanish Empire, municipalities of Cundinamarca Department and Populated places established in 1593.
Guavio Province
The Guavio Province (Provincia del Guavio) is one of the 15 provinces in the Cundinamarca department, Colombia.
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Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Colombia)
The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales), also known by its acronym in Spanish, IDEAM, is a government agency of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia.
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Junín, Cundinamarca
Junín is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Gachetá and Junín, Cundinamarca are municipalities of Cundinamarca Department.
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Machetá
Machetá is a municipality and town of Colombia in Almeidas Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Gachetá and Machetá are 1593 establishments in the Spanish Empire, municipalities of Cundinamarca Department and Populated places established in 1593.
Maize
Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.
Manta, Cundinamarca
Manta is a municipality and town located in the northeast of the department of Cundinamarca (Colombia), from Bogotá. Gachetá and Manta, Cundinamarca are municipalities of Cundinamarca Department.
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Muisca
The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest.
Muisca Confederation
The Muisca Confederation was a loose confederation of different Muisca rulers (zaques, zipas, iraca, and tundama) in the central Andean highlands of what is today Colombia before the Spanish conquest of northern South America.
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Municipalities of Colombia
The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia.
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Potato
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.
Spanish conquest of the Muisca
The Spanish conquest of the Muisca took place from 1537 to 1540.
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Sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production.
Ubalá
Ubalá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Gachetá and Ubalá are municipalities of Cundinamarca Department.
See also
1593 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Populated places established in 1593
- 's-Gravendeel
- Chivicura
- Gachetá
- Guatavita
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes
- Jesús de Huenuraquí
- Laukaa
- Lysianka
- Machetá
- Nobsa
- San Salvador de Jujuy
- Stary Oskol
- Stowbtsy
- Tópaga
- Tarnobrzeg
- Tibiritá
- Tocancipá
- Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast
- Volytsia-Polova