Iraca Valley

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Iraca Valley is a high Andean valley in central Colombia, historically significant as part of the Muisca heartland and known for its fertile lands and pre-Columbian heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
valley ⓘ
archaeologicalPeriod Late Muisca period ⓘ
climate cool Andean ⓘ
colonialHistory incorporated into Spanish colonial New Kingdom of Granada ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
culturalRegion Altiplano Cundiboyacense ⓘ
drainageBasin Orinoco basin (via Eastern Andes rivers) ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
elevation high Andean ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociationWith Muisca agriculture ⓘ
Muisca religion ⓘ
hasCulturalContinuityIn local traditions of Boyacá ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cattle raising ⓘ
tourism related to Muisca heritage ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus region of significant pre-Hispanic cultural value ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Sogamoso ⓘ
hasNearbySacredSite Sun Temple of Sogamoso ⓘ
linked to: Sogamoso Sun Temple
hasSoilCharacteristic high fertility ⓘ
hasViewOf surrounding Eastern Cordillera peaks ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Muisca Confederation ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
inhabitedInPreColumbianTimesBy Chibcha-speaking peoples ⓘ
inhabitedInPreColumbianTimesBy Muisca people ⓘ
linked to: Muisca
isSubjectOf archaeological research on Muisca culture ⓘ
ethnohistorical studies of the Muisca ⓘ
knownFor Muisca archaeology ⓘ
fertile agricultural lands ⓘ
pre-Columbian heritage ⓘ
languageOfHistoricalInhabitants Muysccubun ⓘ
locatedIn central Colombia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Boyacá Department ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Cordillera Oriental (Colombian Andes) ⓘ
locatedInOrNear municipality of Firavitoba ⓘ
municipality of Iza ⓘ
municipality of Nobsa ⓘ
municipality of Sogamoso ⓘ
municipality of Tibasosa ⓘ
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
partOf Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes ⓘ
Muisca heartland ⓘ
regionType intermontane valley ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorPreColumbianOccupation Late Holocene ⓘ
topography high plateau-like valley ⓘ
usedFor crop cultivation ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ

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