Guatavita

E33997

Guatavita is a Colombian town in the department of Cundinamarca, known for its proximity to the legendary Lake Guatavita associated with the El Dorado myth.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Guatavita canonical 7
Lake Guatavita 5
Guatavita Lagoon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
town
associatedMyth El Dorado
climate cool mountain climate
country Colombia
departmentCapital Bogotá
distanceToBogotá about 53 kilometres
economyBasedOn agriculture
livestock farming
tourism
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 2680 metres
governingCountry Republic of Colombia
linked to: Colombia
hasCulturalAttraction festivals related to El Dorado myth
handicrafts market
hasHeritage El Dorado legend
hasMunicipalGovernment Alcaldía Municipal de Guatavita
hasNearbyBodyOfWater Tominé Reservoir
hasNearbyProtectedArea Lake Guatavita natural area
linked to: Guatavita
hasPostalCodePrefix 25
hasReligiousBuilding main Catholic church on central plaza
hasTouristActivity cultural tourism
hiking
kayaking
sailing
knownFor colonial-style architecture
proximity to Lake Guatavita
tourism
water sports on Tominé Reservoir
locatedEastOf Bogotá
locatedIn Cundinamarca Department
linked to: Cundinamarca region
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Alto Guavio Province
locatedNear Lake Guatavita
linked to: Guatavita
locatedOn eastern cordillera of the Andes
linked to: Cordillera Oriental
nearbyIndigenousHeritage Muisca culture
linked to: Muisca
nearbyMunicipality Gachetá
Guasca
La Calera
Sesquilé
Sopó
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Andean region of Colombia
reasonForRelocation construction of Tominé Reservoir
region Central Colombia
roadAccessFrom Bogotá via La Calera or Sopó
timeZone Colombia Standard Time
urbanPlanningStyle planned relocation town
utcOffset −05:00

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cundinamarca contains Guatavita
subject linked to: Cundinamarca region
Cundinamarca Department contains Guatavita
Guatavita locatedNear Lake Guatavita
linked to: Guatavita
Guatavita hasNearbyProtectedArea Lake Guatavita natural area
linked to: Guatavita
La Calera borders Guatavita
El Dorado (legendary city of gold) associatedWith Lake Guatavita
linked to: Guatavita
Muisca ritualSite Lake Guatavita
linked to: Guatavita
Sesquilé locatedNear Lake Guatavita
linked to: Guatavita
Sesquilé borderedBy Guatavita
Sesquilé hasNearbyWaterBody Lake Guatavita
linked to: Guatavita
Tominé Reservoir locatedNear Guatavita Lagoon
linked to: Guatavita
Gachancipá sharesBorderWith Guatavita