Bojacá

Etymology

The name Bojacá comes from Chibcha and means "Purple enclosure".

History

The area around Bojacá was inhabited at least since 3410 years BP (1400 BCE), evidenced by archaeological excavations from the Herrera Period performed in Aguazuque, Zipacón and around Lake Herrera, Mosquera. The territories were already important in the times before the Spanish conquest when Bojacá was part of the Muisca Confederation; a loose confederation of rulers of the Muisca.

On his expedition to El Dorado and after conquering the Muisca, conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada founded modern Bojacá on October 16, 1537.

Economy

Main economical activities of Bojacá are agriculture and livestock farming. Among the agricultural products cultivated are potatoes, carrots, maize, lettuce and fruits as blackberries, strawberries, prunes and the typical Colombian fruits uchuva, tree tomato and granadilla.

Climate

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Gallery

File:Bojacá Cundinamarca - Plaza central.JPG|Central square File:Cundinamarca Iglesia de Bojacá.JPG|Church of Bojacá at the central square File:Bojacá busto de fray Diego Francisco Pinilla.JPG|Buste of friar Diego Francisco Pinilla at the central square

References

References

1. {{in lang. es [http://www.bojaca-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Bojacá] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-10-11)
2. es [http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-7783403 Etymology municipalities Cundinamarca] - [[El Tiempo (Colombia). El Tiempo]]
3. [[Gonzalo Correal Urrego, Gonzalo. (1990). "Aguazuque: Evidence of hunter-gatherers and growers on the high plains of the Eastern Ranges". Banco de la República: Fundación de Investigaciones Arqueológicas Nacionales.