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Boyacá |
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Boyacá (bōyäkä`), town, Boyacá dept., N central Colombia, near Tunja. At Boyacá on Aug. 7, 1819, revolutionary forces under Simón Bolívar Bolívar, Simón (sēmōn` bōlē`vär) ..... Click the link for more information. 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Rocha of the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia in Boyaca found the 3-to-9-centimeter-long frogs in the same locale where they were last spotted in 1995. While many indigenous populations in Colombia remain isolated, the U'wa Nation came to the forefront seeking alliances with 85 other groups and voluntarily participated in the "Cliff of the Dead" event in 1995, where 100 U'wa ancestors, their children and families together jumped from a cliff into a void in Guican, department of Boyaca. Former paramilitaries in the town of Puerto Boyaca testified that representatives of Texas Petroleum Company took part in the 1982 meetings that established one of the first modern-day paramilitary units. |
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