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Tununguá

FieldValue
nameTununguá
settlement_typeMunicipality and town
image_flagFlag of Tununguá (Boyacá).svg
image_mapColombia - Boyaca - Tunungua.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of the municipality and town of Tununguá in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
pushpin_mapsize300
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Colombia
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameColombia
subdivision_type1Department
subdivision_name1Boyacá Department
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Western Boyacá Province
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameErmes Uriel Cómbita Santana
(2020-2023)
established_titleFounded
established_date30 November 1962
area_total_km277
population_as_of2015
population_total1840
population_density_km2auto
population_urban379
timezoneColombia Standard Time
utc_offset-5
elevation_m1246
websiteOfficial website

(2020-2023)

Tununguá is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. Tununguá is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at a relatively low altitude of 1246 m. The municipality borders the department of Santander in the north and east and the Boyacá municipalities Pauna (south and west) and Briceño (south).

History

Tununguá is located in the valley of Chiquinquirá, a town 53 km to the east and the area was inhabited before the Spanish conquest by the Muisca (east) and Muzo.

Tununguá is named after cacique Tununguá, who was said to be a descendant of the children of Fura and Tena, from the Muzo myth Furatena.

Tununguá formed a larger municipality with neighbouring Briceño and was properly founded on November 30, 1962.

Economy

Around 85% of the economy of Tununguá comes from agriculture; main products coffee, guayaba, bananas, yuca, oranges, mandarines, lemon and others at smaller scale such as guanábana, peanuts and cacao. The remaining 15% comes from livestock farming.

References

References

  1. {{in lang. es [http://www.tunungua-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tununguá]
  2. es [http://historiadeboyacapueblos.weebly.com/significado-de-boyacaacute-y-los-nombres-de-los-pueblos-en-lengua-chibcha.html Etymology Tununguá]
  3. {{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Municipalities Boyacá] - Excelsio.net
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