The Ricaurte Province is a province of the
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Department of
Boyacá. The province, named after
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Antonio Ricaurte,
Provincia de Ricaurte
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Municipalities
* Arcabuco
Arcabuco is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Arcabuco is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban centre at an altitude of . The municipality borders Moniquirá and ...
* Chitaraque
* Gachantivá
* Moniquirá
* Ráquira
Ráquira, is a municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province. Ráquira is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the urban center at an altitude of . It borders Tinjacá and Sutamarc ...
* Sáchica
Sáchica is a municipality of Colombia situated approximately west of Tunja in the Ricaurte Province of the department of Boyacá. Sáchica borders Sutamarchán and Villa de Leyva in the north, in the east Chíquiza, Samacá and Ráquira in ...
* San José de Pare
San José de Pare is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. The urban centre of San José de Pare is situated at an elevation of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, and the eleva ...
* Santa Sofía
* Santana
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* Sutamarchán
Sutamarchán is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Departments of Colombia, department of Boyacá Department, Boyacá of Colombia. Sutamarchán is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the department capital ...
* Tinjacá
Tinjacá is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province. Tinjacá is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. It borders Sutamarchán ...
* Togüí
Togüí () is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province. The municipality is located in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at an altitude of . It borders the municipalities of ...
* Villa de Leyva
Villa de Leyva, also called Villa de Leiva, is a touristic colonial town and municipality, in the Ricaurte Province, part of the Boyacá Department of Colombia. The town is a Colombian National Heritage Town and is on the tentative list for UNE ...
References
External links
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Boyaca Info; Provinces of Boyaca
Provinces of Boyacá Department
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