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Sutatenza

Field	Value
name	Sutatenza
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Villa de la Esperanza.jpg
image_caption	Church of Sutatenza
image_flag	Flag of Sutatenza (Boyacá).svg
image_seal	Escudo de Sutatenza.jpg
image_map	Colombia - Boyaca - Sutatenza.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Sutatenza 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	Oscar Yovany Montenegro Salcedo
(2020-2023)
established_title	Founded
established_date	22 October 1783
area_total_km2	41.26
population_as_of	2015
population_total	4086
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	769
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	1890
website	Official website

(2020-2023)

Sutatenza () is a town and municipality in the Eastern Boyacá Province of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. It is located 125 km from the Colombian capital Bogotá and 118 km from the department capital Tunja. Sutatenza borders Somondoco, Guateque, Tenza and Garagoa.

Etymology

The name Sutatenza comes from Chibcha and means either "Cloud behind the anchovy" or "Descending to the house of the cacique".

History

In the time before the Spanish conquest, Sutatenza, situated in the Tenza Valley to the east of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, was ruled by a cacique called Tenzuzucá or Tenzucá, loyal to the zaque of Hunza. Conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada in his quest for El Dorado and the rich emerald deposits of the Muisca Confederation visited Sutatenza in 1537.

Modern Sutatenza was not founded until October 22, 1783.

Climate

Sutatenza has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cfb) with mild temperatures and frequent rainfall. A dry season between December and February produces warmer and drier weather.

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Economy

Main economical activities of Sutatenza are agriculture and aviculture. A small salt mine is operated in the vereda Salitre.

Gallery

File:Sutapon.jpg|Monument to the farmers File:Venta de bueyes.jpg|Ox market

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.sutatenza-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Sutatenza]
es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Sutatenza] - Excelsio.net
(23 October 2023). "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria.". Nature: Scientific Data.

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