| Boyacá | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| 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: | Márquez Province |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Rafael Antonio Rátiva Díaz (2020-2023) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 8 August 1537 |
| Founder: | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada |
| Area Total Km2: | 48 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 4472 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 403 |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 2420 |
| Website: | Official website |
Boyacá is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, part of the department of Boyacá, Colombia. It is located approximately 15km (09miles) from the city of Tunja, the capital of the department. Boyacá limits Tunja and Soracá in the north, Jenesano in the south, Nuevo Colón and Ramiriquí in the west and Ventaquemada in the east.[1]
The name of both the municipality and the department, Boyacá, comes from Chibcha and means "Region of the blankets" or "Enclosure of the cacique".[1] [2]
Boyacá in the times before the Spanish conquest was ruled by the zaque of nearby Hunza, the ruler of the Muisca, who were organised in their loose Muisca Confederation.
Modern Boyacá was founded on August 8, 1537, by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who was searching for the mythical El Dorado.[1]