About Tunja
Tunja is a city in Boyaca, Colombia with a population of 172,548. It is the 32nd largest of the 317 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Colombia, and the 3,318th largest worldwide. It lies 131 km from Bogotá.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 6
Coordinates
5.545, -73.358
Record updated
13 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 317 in ColombiaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.