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Guayatá

Field	Value
name	Guayatá
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_flag	Flag of Guayatá (Boyacá).svg
image_map	Colombia - Boyaca - Guayata.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Guayatá 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	Eastern Boyacá Province
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	John Santiago Ruíz Alfonso
(2020-2023)
established_title	Founded
established_date	6 April 1821
founder	Andrés José Medina Narciso
area_total_km2	112
population_as_of	2015
population_total	5126
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	1302
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	1767
population_demonym	Guayatuno/a
website	Official website

(2020-2023)

Guayatá is a town and municipality in the Eastern Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Guayatá is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at distances of 129 km from the department capital Tunja and 132 km from the national capital Bogotá. The urban centre is located at an altitude of 1767 m and the altitude ranges from 1270 m to 3080 m.

Borders

North with Guateque
West with Manta, Cundinamarca
South with Gachetá and Ubalá, Cundinamarca
East with Somondoco and Chivor

Etymology

The name Guayatá comes from Chibcha and is either a combination of tá; "land over there" or "farmfields" and Guaya, a creek running through Tenza or from Guaitá; "domain of the female cacique".

History

In the times before the Spanish conquest of the central highlands of the Colombian Andes, the area around Guayatá was inhabited by the Muisca. Organized in their loose Muisca Confederation, they were an advanced agricultural civilization. Within present-day Guayatá cotton was cultivated, important for the mantle making of the Muisca. Also feathers of hunted birds were traded in and around Guayatá.

At the time of the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores, in Guayatá money was found that consisted of small pieces of cloth, gold or emeralds. The golden disks used as money were not decorated yet plain. Knowledge about the Muisca in the early colonial period has been provided by friar Pedro Simón.

Modern Guayatá was founded on April 6, 1821, by Andrés José Medina Narciso; months before the dissolution of the Spanish colonial period and independence of the Republic of Gran Colombia.

Economy

Principal economic activity of Guayatá is agriculture, mainly maize, arracacha, bananas, yuca, beans, potatoes, coffee, pumpkins and peas. Famous product of Guayatá are the bread rolls (mogollas).

Trivia

Market day: Tuesday
Median temperature: 19 °C
DANE code: 15325

Born in Guayatá

Roberto "Pajarito" Buitrago, former professional cyclist

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.guayata-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Guayatá]{{Dead link. (January 2020)
es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Guayatá] - Excelsio.net

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