La Uvita is a town and municipality in the
Northern Boyacá Province
The Northern Boyacá Province is a Provinces of Colombia, province of the Colombian Departments of Colombia, Department of Boyacá Department, Boyacá. The province is formed by 9 Municipalities of Colombia, municipalities.
Municipalities
Boavit ...
, part of the
Colombia
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n
Department of
Boyacá. The urban centre is located at an altitude of in the
Eastern Ranges
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History Inaugural playing squad (1992)
Honours
*Premiers (2): 2002, 2013
*Runners-up (6): 199 ...
of the Colombian
Andes
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. La Uvita borders
San Mateo in the north,
El Cocuy and
Chita in the east, Chita and
Jericó in the south and
Boavita
Boavita is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Northern Boyacá Province. The urban centre of Boavita is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at an altitude of and a dist ...
in the west.
[Official website La Uvita]
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Etymology
La Uvita is derived from Chibcha
The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) are indigenous peoples in Colombia and were a Pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia, Pre-Columbian culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish colonizati ...
, meaning "meadow of the fertile farmlands".[
]
History
La Uvita was founded by Vicente Ferrer del Río de Loza on December 24, 1758, as a place for the colonial inhabitants of Boavita to flee the indigenous people in Boavita.[
]
Economy
Main economic activity of La Uvita is the manufacturing of cheese. It also serves as a touristic entry to the El Cocuy National Park.[
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Climate
Gallery
References
{{Municipalities boyaca department
Municipalities of Boyacá Department
Populated places established in 1758
1750s establishments in the Viceroyalty of New Granada
1758 establishments in South America