punto 8
The place
punto 8 ("Point 8") in the department of Boyacá, Sotaquirá/Villa de Leyva area (páramo of the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia), at 2742 m elevation, páramo of the Eastern Cordillera. Continuous Colombia cluster (batches 260-408). Iconic high-altitude páramo hikers' shelter (Sotaquirá 12,000 inhabitants agriculture + Villa de Leyva 20,000 inhabitants historic iconic colonial architecture + Eastern Cordillera 5410 m Ritacuba Blanco + páramo unique ecosystem 2800-4500 m frailejones Espeletia iconic + heritage of the Muisca (Andean Muisca chibcha people 100,000 15th century Bogotá zipa Bacatá + Tunja hunza + Sogamoso Suamox + iconic El Dorado heritage zipa gold dust Guatavita iconic + iconic heritage conquest Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada 1537 Muisca iconic + iconic heritage Simón Bolívar 1783-1830 liberator Boyacá August 7 1819 iconic Gran Colombia 1819-1831 + iconic heritage Battle of Puente de Boyacá August 7 1819 iconic Colombian national holiday + iconic heritage FARC armed conflict 1964-2016 260,000 dead Havana Accord August 24 2016 Santos Nobel Peace Prize 2016 iconic + iconic heritage Escobar 1949-1993 Medellín cocaine Cali iconic + iconic heritage García Márquez 1927-2014 Nobel 1982 "One Hundred Years" 1967 iconic magical realism + Botero 1932-2023 + Shakira 1977 + Karol G 1991 iconic + iconic heritage Petro Colombia Humana 2022-present 1st left-wing president + iconic heritage frailejones Espeletia iconic 68 endemic species páramo water regulation).
The setting
Boyacá Sotaquirá/Villa de Leyva páramo Eastern Cordillera Colombia Colombia 2742 m páramo Eastern Cordillera, continuous cluster batches 260-408, high-altitude páramo hikers' shelter + Sotaquirá 12,000 agriculture + Villa de Leyva 20,000 colonial architecture iconic + Eastern Cordillera 5410 m Ritacuba Blanco + páramo 2800-4500 m frailejones Espeletia iconic, Muisca Andean chibcha 100,000 15th century Bogotá zipa Bacatá + Tunja hunza + Sogamoso Suamox + El Dorado zipa gold dust Guatavita iconic + Quesada conquest 1537 iconic + Bolívar 1783-1830 Boyacá August 7 1819 iconic Gran Colombia + Puente Boyacá August 7 1819 national holiday iconic + FARC 1964-2016 260,000 dead Havana August 24 2016 Santos Nobel 2016 iconic + Escobar 1949-1993 Medellín cocaine Cali iconic + García Márquez 1927-2014 Nobel 1982 "One Hundred Years" 1967 magical realism iconic + Botero 1932-2023 + Shakira 1977 + Karol G 1991 + Petro Colombia Humana 2022+ 1st left-wing + frailejones Espeletia 68 endemic species páramo water regulation iconic.
