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7 unusual facts about Tunja


Carlos Aponte

Carlos Aponte Benítez (Tunja, January 24, 1939 – August 1, 2008) was a Colombian footballer.

Drazhevo

By this time, the watercourse of the river Tonzos(Tunja) had been already moved 2–3 km in north.

Elisângela Adriano

Elisângela Maria Adriano (born July 27, 1972), is a Brazilian shot putter and discus thrower, whose personal best put is 19.30 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Tunja.

International Culture Festival

The International Culture Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de la Cultura or just FIC) is a cultural event held annually since 1973 in Tunja, Colombia.

Juan de Castellanos

Abandoning the military profession he became a secular priest in Cartagena and, declining the positions of canon and treasurer, went as curate to Tunja.

Marcela Gallego

Marcela Gallego is a Colombian actress, born in Tunja.

Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia

After the Colombian first declaration of independence from Spain on July 20, 1810, a number of independent States like Tunja (1811), Antioquia (1812), Cartagena de Indias (1812) and Cundinamarca (1812) were established.


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Arab diaspora in Colombia

They later expanded to other cities and by 1945 there were Arab Middle Easterners moving inland like Ocaña, Cúcuta, Barrancabermeja, Ibagué, Girardot, Honda, Tunja, Villavicencio, Pereira, Soatá, Neiva, Buga, Chaparral and Chinácota.

Clímaco Calderón

Calderón started his political ascend in Boyacá where he was judge in the Circuit court of Tunja, deputy in the Legislative Assembly, and Director of Education during the administration of José Eusebio Otálora.

Francisco Mariño y Soler

Francisco Mariño y Soler (born Tunja, Colombia, 9 October 1780; died Tibasosa, Colombia, 31 August 1876) was a Spanish aristocrat, originally from New Granada.

Oicatá

By Act of June 15, 1857, Boyacá gained its inception as a sovereign state consisting of the provinces of Tunja, Tundama, Casanare, the cantons of Chiquinquirá and Velez; as Act of October 31 of that year created four departments, 42 districts Tunja, Tundama 46, Casanare and East 21 6.

Water privatization in Colombia

It was followed by a second contract in Barranquilla in 1996 and more concessions in the next years in Santa Marta, Tunja, Montería, Palmira, Girardot, and Riohacha.


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