Tipacoque

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Tipacoque is a municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia. Located Tipacoque this in the Department of Boyacá, on the Eastern mountain range, in the western flank of laughed Chicamocha. The urban helmet is located approximately to a height of 2405 mts, on the level of the sea, presenting/displaying a temperature average of 18 ºC, being the warmest months December and January, in which the the 25 temperature exceeds ºC. The municipality is to 174 km of the capital of the Department (Tunja). By the main highway of the north, that communicates to Bogota with the Colombian east, of these 174 km are paved 150 km, which is equivalent to a 87%. Divided Tipacoque this in seven cosy paths: Ovachia, Cañabravo, the Race, the Palmar, the Limekiln, Galván and Bavatá. The total extension of the Municipality is of 72 km ² and their limits are: By the North: Covarachia and Capitanejo. By the South: With Soatá. By the East: Chicamocha laughed separates them of capitanejo and Boavita. By the West: A branch of the Eastern mountain range, separates it of Onzaga (Santander). It presents/displays a mountainous relief with heights that oscillate between the 1200 mts in the creeks of the Chicamocha river and the 3000 mts in the denominated site the Cross of Roble, divides more discharge of the Municipality. The tempered climate predominates dry; The vegetation is varied. The Fauna: This composing by mammalian species like: Rabbits, Armadillos, Tinajos, that are in the high parts. In the low part the reptiles like Lizards predominate, Iguanas, Serpents and cucuruchos, very particular species that moves with facility over waters of the Chicamocha. The birds are of the varied groups but, are garrrapateros, colibríes, toches, turpiales, gurrias, doves, perdices, pregoneros or to mir it white and cuchicas, native species at world-wide level that single are in the creeks of chicamocha.