| Chinavita | |
| 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 Department |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Neira Province |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Fiyer Alexander Urrego Bejarano (2020-2023) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 12 September 1822 |
| Founder: | José Joaquín Ramírez Zubieta |
| Area Total Km2: | 148 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 0.39 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 3528 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 1219 |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 1763 |
| Website: | Official website |
Chinavita is a town and municipality in the Neira Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The urban centre of Chinavita is located at 39km (24miles) from the department capital Tunja on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the municipality borders Tibaná and Ramiriquí in the north, Ramiriquí and Miraflores in the east, Garagoa in the south and in the west Pachavita and Úmbita.[1]
The name Chinavita is derived from Chibcha and means "illuminated hilltop".[1] Another explanation is "our hill".[2]
The area of Chinavita before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca. Chinavita was ruled by the zaque of Hunza.
Modern Chinavita was founded in 1822, before it was a vereda of Garagoa.[1]
Main economical activities of Chinavita are agriculture and livestock farming. Agricultural products cultivated in Chinavita are potatoes, sugarcane, tomatoes, bananas, coffee and fique.[1]