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Saboyá

Field	Value
name	Saboyá
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Estación del Ferrocarril Saboyá 2012-09-16 19-57-26.jpg
image_caption	Train station Saboyá
image_map	Colombia - Boyaca - Saboya.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Saboyá 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	Western Boyacá Province
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Jeferson Leonardo Ortiz Sanabria
(2020–2023)
established_title	Founded
established_date	4 October 1556
area_total_km2	246.9
area_urban_km2	0.1
population_as_of	2015
population_total	12372
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	789
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	2600
website	Official website

(2020–2023)

Saboyá is a town and municipality in the Western Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá.

Etymology

Saboyá is an Italian name brought by European colonizers.

History

Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca on the central highlands of the Colombian Andes, Saboyá was ruled by a cacique with the same name.

The first encomendero of Saboyá was Pedro de Galeano, brother of Martín Galeano and soldier in the army of Hernán Pérez de Quesada, brother of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Modern Saboyá was founded on October 4, 1556.

Simón Bolívar visited Saboyá on three occasions: January 2, 1821, September 6, 1827 and June 9, 1828.

Economy

Main economical activities in Saboyá are agriculture and livestock farming. Among the agricultural products potatoes, maize and the fruits curuba, blackberries, tree tomatoes and strawberries are cultivated.

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.saboya-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Saboyá] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-06-02)
{{in lang. es [https://conceptosdelahistoria.com/conceptos-politicos/monarquia/casa-de-saboya/] - conceptosdelahistoria.com

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