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Cucaita

Field	Value
name	Cucaita
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Cucaita Boyaca 07.JPG
image_caption	View of Cucaita
image_flag	Flag of Cucaita (Boyacá).svg
image_seal	Escudo de Cucaita.svg
image_map	Colombia - Boyaca - Cucaita.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Cucaita in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
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	Central Boyacá Province
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Marcos Daniel Borda Parra
(2024-2027)
established_title	Founded
established_date	12 August 1556
founder	Juan de Los Barrios
area_total_km2	43.58
population_as_of	2015
population_total	4687
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	1905
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	2650
website	Official website

(2024-2027) Cucaita is a municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of Boyacá Department, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of 20 km from the department capital Tunja. Cucaita borders Sora in the north, Tunja in the east and south and Samacá in the south and west.

Etymology

The name Cucaita is derived from Chibcha and means either "Seminary enclosure" or "Shade of the farming fields".

History

The area of Cucaita in the times before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Cucaita was ruled by the zaque of nearby Hunza.

Modern Cucaita was founded on August 12, 1556 by friar Juan de Los Barrios.

Economy

Main economical activities of Cucaita are agriculture (predominantly onions and peas), livestock farming and minor carbon mining.

Born in Cucaita

Rafael Antonio Niño, former professional cyclist

Gallery

File:Cucaita panorámica.JPG|View of Cucaita File:Parque Cucaita Boyaca 09.JPG|Central square File:2 Iglesia de Cucaita.JPG|Church of Cucaita File:1 Altar de la iglesia de Cucaita.JPG|Church interior File:Monumento Rafael Niño Cucaita Boyaca.JPG|Monument to Rafael Antonio Niño File:El desaguadero Boyacá.JPG|Rural Cucaita File:Cucaita Boyaca 06.JPG|Farmfields

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.cucaita-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Cucaita] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-05-29)
es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Municipalities Boyacá] - Excelsio.net

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