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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.
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Boyacá
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Boyacá , town, Boyacá dept., N central Colombia, near Tunja. At Boyacá on Aug. 7, 1819, revolutionary forces under Simó... |
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Tunja
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Tunja , city (1993 pop. 101,622), capital of Boyacá dept., central Colombia, on the Pan-American...iacute;var 's staging point for the victory at Boyacá . The city retains many colonial buildings. It has... |
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Simón Bolívar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...crossed the flooded Apure valley, climbed the bitterly cold Andean passes, and defeated the surprised Spanish forces at Boyacá (Aug. 7, 1819) in one of the great campaigns of military history. The same year, he was made president of Greater... |
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Bogotá
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Santander and Bolívar were prominent in Bogotá. After Bolívar's decisive victory at Boyacá (1819), Bogotá became the capital of Greater Colombia; when the country was divided in 1830, Bogot... |
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Francisco de Paula Santander
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...guerrillas of the llanos by Simón Bolívar , Santander materially contributed to the victory at Boyacá . In Oct., 1821, he became vice president of Colombia and ably administered the country during Bolí... |
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