Chivor

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Chivor
Town and municipality
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Emeralds mined in Chivor
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Location of the town and municipality of Chivor in Boyacá Department
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CountryFile:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
DepartmentBoyacá
ProvinceEastern Boyacá Province
Founded16 December 1930
Founded byFlorencio Novoa
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • MayorDidier Aurelio Martínez Vargas
(2020-2023)
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WebsiteOfficial website

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Chivor is a town and municipality in the Eastern Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The mean temperature of the village in the Tenza Valley is 18 °C (64 °F) and Chivor is located at 215 kilometres (134 mi) from the department capital Tunja.[1] Economic activity includes emerald mining.

Borders

It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Macanal; to the south by Ubalá, Cundinamarca, on the east by the municipality of Santa María, and the west by the municipality of Almeida.[1]

Etymology

Chivor comes from Chibcha and means "Our farmfields - our mother" or "Green and rich land". The latter refers to the rich emerald deposits.[2]

History

Chivor was inhabited by the Muisca in the times before the Spanish conquest. The Muisca were organized in their loose Muisca Confederation with northern ruler the zaque of Hunza and the southern zipa in Bacatá. Already in those times the rich emerald deposits were known and mined by the Muisca. The emeralds functioned as offer pieces in the Muisca religion, as decoration and as money.

The emerald deposits of Chivor were discovered by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada in 1537 but the mines were abandoned until 1886.[3]

Modern Chivor was not founded until December 16, 1930, by Florencio Novoa.[1]

Economy

The main economic activities of Chivor are agriculture (maize, yuca, bananas, sugarcane, beans, chayote, coffee and fruits such as papayas, blackberries and the typical Colombian fruits lulo and tree tomatoes) and especially the emerald mining.[1] In 2014 emeralds worth 30 million US dollars were extracted in Boyacá. The rich deposits have led to numerous conflicts in the region, including in Chivor.[4]

The Gran Esmeralda de Moctezuma ("Great Emerald of Moctezuma") is a mineral of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) high, 17 centimetres (6.7 in) long and 16 centimetres (6.3 in) thick and has been found in Chivor. Currently the emerald is in Vienna, Austria. Other grand emeralds from Chivor are Patricia weighing 632 carats (126.4 grams (4.46 oz)), and La Magnífica of 1225 carats (245 grams (8.6 oz)).[5]

The Embalse la Esmeralda ("Emerald reservoir") producing hydroelectric energy is governed from Chivor, Macanal and Almeida.

Climate

Chivor has a subtropical highland climate (Cfb) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round. Script error: No such module "weather box".

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Template:In lang Official website Chivor
  2. ^ Template:In lang Etymology Chivor - Excelsio.net
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  4. ^ Template:In lang 30 million US dollars of emeralds in 2014 in Boyacá - El Espectador
  5. ^ Template:In lang Gran Esmeralda de Moctezuma and other large emeralds from Chivor - Semana
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  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Climate: Chivor". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved August 23, 2020.

Further reading

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