Chía town

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Chía town is a historic urban center in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia, now a suburban municipality of the Bogotá metropolitan area known for its colonial heritage and rapid modern growth.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chía town canonical 1
Chía, Cundinamarca 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
capitalOf Chía Municipality ⓘ
climate cool highland climate ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
departmentCapital Zipaquirá ⓘ
economicActivity commerce ⓘ
education ⓘ
services ⓘ
ethnicGroupInhabitants Muisca people ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
governedBy mayor of Chía ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (campus in Chía) ⓘ
Universidad de La Sabana ⓘ
hasHeritage Catholic churches ⓘ
colonial architecture ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance colonial-era town ⓘ
pre-Columbian Muisca settlement ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentBody Chía municipal council ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatusSince 19th century ⓘ
hasTransport intermunicipal buses to Bogotá ⓘ
hasUrbanCharacter commuter town for Bogotá ⓘ
suburban municipality ⓘ
knownFor colonial heritage ⓘ
rapid modern urban growth ⓘ
restaurants and nightlife ⓘ
shopping centers ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedAtElevation about 2600 metres above sea level ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cundinamarca Department ⓘ
linked to: Cundinamarca region
locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater Bogotá River ⓘ
locatedInRegion Andean Region of Colombia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Colombia Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: America/Bogota
locatedNear Bogotá ⓘ
Sabana de Bogotá ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Bogotá ⓘ
namedAfter Chía (Muisca moon goddess) ⓘ
officialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Bogotá metropolitan area ⓘ
postalCodeType Colombian postal code ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roadConnection Autopista Medellín ⓘ
Autopista Norte ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality of Cundinamarca ⓘ
timeZoneOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ
urbanDevelopment industrial and logistics areas ⓘ
residential gated communities ⓘ
shopping malls ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Cota, Cundinamarca → hasNeighbor → Chía, Cundinamarca ⓘ
linked to: Chía town