Tunja
Tunja ranks 16,835th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sprockhövel, Hoo St Werburgh, and Raetihi. Memorable people born in Tunja include Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Tunja has been the birth place of many politicians. Tunja is located in Colombia.
Tunja is a municipality and city on the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, in the region known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, 130 km northeast of Bogotá. In 2018 the municipality had a population of 172,548. It is the capital of Boyacá department and the Central Boyacá Province. Tunja is an important educational centre of well-known universities. In the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, there was an indigenous settlement, called Hunza, seat of the hoa Eucaneme, conquered by the Spanish conquistadors on August 20, 1537. The Spanish city was founded by captain Gonzalo Suárez Rendón on August 6, 1539, exactly one year after the capital Santafé de Bogotá. The city hosts the most remaining Muisca architecture: Hunzahúa Well, Goranchacha Temple and Cojines del Zaque. Read more on Wikipedia
People
In 1900, Tunja was the birth place of 1 globally memorable people, including Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.
People Born in Tunja
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Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Tunja were politicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Tunja, including Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Tunja since 1700.
