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Toca, Boyacá

Field	Value
name	Toca
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario en Toca- Boyacá.JPG
image_caption	Church of Toca
image_flag	Flag of Toca (Boyacá).svg
image_seal	Escudo de Toca (Boyacá).svg
image_map	Colombia - Boyaca - Toca.svg
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Toca 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	Central Boyacá Province
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Segundo Crisanto Ochoa Díaz
(2020-2023)
established_title	Founded
established_date	7 January 1555
founder	Pedro Ruíz García
area_total_km2	165
population_as_of	2015
population_total	10157
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	3629
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	2810
website	Official website

(2020-2023)

Toca is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. Toca is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense 27 km northeast from the department capital Tunja. It borders Tuta in the north, Siachoque in the south, Pesca in the east and Tuta and Chivatá in the west.

History

Before the Spanish conquest of the central highlands of the Colombian Andes, the area was inhabited by the Muisca people, organized in a loose confederation of different rulers. Toca was reigned by the iraca of Sugamuxi, present-day Sogamoso. The troops of conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada entered the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in 1537. The year of foundation of modern Toca is not entirely clear, but set at 1555 by Pedro Ruíz García.

Etymology

In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Toca means "Domain of the river".

Economy

The economy of Toca is based on agriculture and livestock farming, with a small mining (salt) part. Main agricultural products are wheat, potatoes, maize, barley, peas, beans, apples, pears, peaches, curubas and cherries.

Climate

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Gallery

File:Represa la copa.jpg|Artificial lake La Copa File:Presa La Copa.JPG|La Copa File:Monumento a Plinio Mendoza Neira por Mardoqueo Montaña- Toca.JPG|Monument to Plinio Mendoza Neira

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.toca-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Toca]
{{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Toca] - Excelsio.net

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