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Quípama is a municipality in the Colombian Department
of Boyacá, part of the the subregion of the Western Boyacá
Province.
Quípama was first founded in 1541 Captain. Luis Lanchero but was
destroyed. It was re-established as "Tudela" by Captain
Pedro de Ursúa in 1551 but destroyed again. The current
municipality was founded in 1558 by Francisco Murillo as
"Trinidad de los Muzos". Until 1986 it was part of Muzo when it became a
municipality according to decree 28. The flag is white with dark
green borders and is charge with green emerald in its center.
Source: municipal
web site.
Felipe Carillo and Dov Gutterman, 8 April 2009
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