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Mongua

Field	Value
name	Mongua
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Parque de Mongua.JPG
image_caption	Central square of Mongua
image_flag	Flag of Mongua (Boyacá).svg
image_map	Colombia - Boyaca - Mongua.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Mongua 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	Sugamuxi Province
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Marco Fidel Silva Rojas
(2020-2023)
established_title	Founded
established_date	4 November 1977
area_total_km2	365.5
area_urban_km2	13.79
population_as_of	2005
population_total	4717
population_urban	1628
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	2975
website	Official website

(2020-2023)

Mongua is a town and municipality in Sugamuxi Province in the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Mongua is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at altitudes between 1400 m and 4000 m. The municipality borders Gámeza, Socotá, Pisba, Labranzagrande, Aquitania, Sogamoso, Monguí and Tópaga.

History

In the centuries before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, the central highlands of Colombia (Altiplano Cundiboyacense) were inhabited by the Muisca. Mongua was part of the rule of the iraca of Sugamuxi. According to the Muisca religion, the messenger god Bochica traveled to Gámeza and took shelter in a cave called Toy´ña. The cacique of Mongua brought him gifts in the cave.

Mongua in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means either "bath on the hill", or "land of the rising Sun".

Economy

Main economical activities in Mongua are agriculture (predominantly potatoes) and coal mining.

Gallery

File:Parque de Mongua 4.JPG|Central square File:Laguna Negra, Mongua, Boyacá 2.JPG|Laguna negra ("black lake") File:Laguna Negra, Mongua, Boyacá 4.JPG|Laguna negra File:Cascada Laguna Negra, Mongua, Boyacá.JPG|Laguna negra waterfall

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.mongua-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml#1 Official website Mongua] - accessed 06-05-2016
{{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Mongua] - accessed 06-05-2016

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