Box Tortoise
a name given to one or two North American tortoises, genus cistūdo, that can completely shut themselves into their shell. BOYACÁ, a department of Colombia, touching Venezuela. In the W. it is mountainous; in the E. it has vast prairies, and is watered by the Meta and its tributaries. The Muzo emerald mine is the richest in the world, and the department is rich in salt springs, coal, iron, plumbago, and copper ore. 33,293 square miles; pop. about 580,000.
Capital, Tunja.
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