Paz de Río
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|name = Paz de Río
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
|image_skyline = PANO paz de rio colombia.jpg
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|image_caption = View of Paz de Río
|image_flag = Flag of Paz de Río.svg
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|image_map = Colombia - Boyaca - Paz del Rio.svg
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|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Paz de Río in the Boyacá department of Colombia
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = Department
|subdivision_name1 = Boyacá Department
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = Valderrama Province
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Edward Edixon Archila González
(2020-2023)
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 20 July 1935
|founder = Marco Antonio Mejía Gómez
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|area_total_km2 = 116
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|area_urban_km2 = 38.7
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|population_as_of = 2015
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|population_total = 4680
|population_density_km2 = auto
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|population_urban = 2920
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|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
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|elevation_m = 2200
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|website = [http://www.pazderio-boyaca.gov.co/ Official website]
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Paz de Río is a town and municipality in the Valderrama Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre of Paz de Río, situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, is located at an elevation of {{convert|2200|m|ft}}, and the elevation within the municipality ranges from {{convert|2150|m|ft}} to {{convert|3600|m|ft}}. The municipality borders Sativanorte and Sativasur in the north, Betéitiva and Tasco in the south, Sativasur and Socha in the east and Belén and Tutazá in the west.{{in lang|es}} [https://archive.today/20150602234008/http://www.pazderio-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Paz de Río]
History
In the times before the Spanish conquest, Paz de Río was inhabited by the Muisca. The original name of the village, now the name of a vereda, Chitagoto is taken from cacique Chitagoto, who was loyal to the Tundama of Tundama.{{in lang|es}} [https://soyturismo.wordpress.com/category/boyaca/page/3/ Etymology Chitagoto]
Modern Paz de Río was not founded until July 20, 1935 by Marco Antonio Mejía Gómez.
Economy
References
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