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Sutatausa

Field	Value
name	Sutatausa
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Street in Sutatausa.jpg
image_caption	Street in Sutatausa
image_flag	Flag of Sutatausa (Cundinamarca).svg
image_seal	Escudosutatausa.jpg
image_map	Colombia - Cundinamarca - Sutatausa.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
pushpin_map	Colombia
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Colombia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Colombia
subdivision_type1	Department
subdivision_name1	Flag of Cundinamarca.svg Cundinamarca
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Ubaté Province
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Hugo Orlando Santa Rodríguez
(2016-2019)
established_title	Founded
established_date	24 June 1537
founder	Hernán Pérez de Quesada
area_total_km2	67
population_as_of	2015
population_total	5564
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	1743
coordinates
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	2550
website	Official website

(2016-2019) Sutatausa () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of 88 km from the capital Bogotá and borders Ubaté in the north, Tausa in the south, Cucunubá in the east and Carmen de Carupa and Tausa in the west.

Etymology

The name Sutatausa comes from Chibcha and means "small tribute".

History

The area of Sutatause before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Sutatausa was ruled by the zipa based in Muyquytá.

Modern Sutatausa was founded on June 24 (Saint John's day), 1537 by Hernán Pérez de Quesada, brother of conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, who on the same day founded Tenza.

Economy

Main economical activities of Sutatausa are agriculture, dairy farming and small-scale mining. Tourism is also an important factor of income.

Climate

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Gallery

File:Iglesia Doctrinera, Plaza y Capillas Posas.jpg|Church of Sutatausa File:Capilla Sutatausa - Cundinamarca. A Pulido-Villamarín.JPG|Church File:Conjunto doctrinero de Sutatausa.jpg|Church by night File:UltimaCenaSuta.JPG|Church interior; Last Supper File:Farallones de Sutatausa.JPG|Rock outcrop in Sutatausa

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.sutatausa-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Sutatausa] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-02-12)

Wikipedia Source

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