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Tota, Boyacá
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tota |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Homenaje a las hilanderas y tejedoras en Tota.JPG |
| image_caption | Monument honouring the weavers, Tota |
| image_flag | Flag of Tota (Boyacá).svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Tota.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Tota 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 | Eriverto Cruz Riaño |
| (2020-2023) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| founder | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada |
| area_total_km2 | 314 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 5386 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 559 |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2870 |
| website | Official website |
(2020-2023)
Tota is a town and municipality in the department of Boyacá, Colombia, part of the Sugamuxi Province. Tota is located approximately 40 km from Sogamoso and the municipality borders in the north Cuítiva, Aquitania in the east, Zetaquirá and San Eduardo in the south and westward of Tota the municipality of Pesca is located. Nearby and named after the village is Lake Tota, the largest lake of Colombia.
History
Before the Spanish conquest of the central highlands of Colombia (Altiplano Cundiboyacense), the area around Tota was inhabited by the Muisca, ruled by the zaque of Hunza, currently known as Tunja. In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Tota means "tillage of the river".
The first European to enter the territories of the northern Muisca Confederation was Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
Economy
The economical activities of Tota are mainly agriculture (potatoes, carrots, peas, onions and others), livestock farming, mining and tourism (Lake Tota).
Gallery
File:Tota parque 2.JPG|Central square and park of Tota File:Parque Tota 1.JPG|Central square File:Tota monumento.JPG|Monument honouring the weavers, central square File:Lake Tota papa.JPG|Potato fields around Lake Tota File:Lago de Tota 02.JPG|Lake Tota
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.tota-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml Official website Tota] - accessed 02-05-2016
- {{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Tota] - accessed 02-05-2016
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