DUITAMA

city, northwestern Boyac departamento, north-central Colombia. It lies along the Chicamocha River in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes Mountains, at an elevation of 8,300 feet (2,530 m) above sea level. Duitama is a resort and a commercial and manufacturing centre; flour milling and cigar making are the chief industries. Silver and copper deposits are nearby. Duitama is on the Pan-American Highway and the railroad linking Bogot and Paz de Ro. Pop. (1985) 56,390.