Quípama | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Boyacá |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Western Boyacá Province |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Carlos Alberto Ávila Cepeda |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1200 |
Quípama is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province.
It is home of one of the largest emerald mines in the world.
Quípama has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.