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Boyacá

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition  |  Date: 2008

Boyacá , town, Boyacá dept., N central Colombia, near Tunja. At Boyacá on Aug. 7, 1819, revolutionary forces under Simón Bolívar won the decisive engagement that assured the independence of present-day Colombia and Venezuela from Spain. Hydroelectric power is derived from the nearby Chivor dam.

Author not available, BOYACÁ., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008

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