Sora | |
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: | Central Boyacá Province |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Flavio Hernán Largo Durán (2020-2023) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 12 August 1556 |
Founder: | Tomás Gualba Castellanos |
Area Total Km2: | 42 |
Area Urban Km2: | 1.08 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 3025 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 499 |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 2650 |
Website: | Official website |
Sora is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Sora borders Motavita and Chíquiza in the north, Cucaita and Samacá in the south, Motavita and department capital Tunja in the east and Sáchica and Chíquiza in the west.[1]
The name Sora comes from Chibcha and means "Devil worshipper".[2]
In the times before the Spanish conquest, the area of Sora was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Sora was under the rule of the zaque from nearby Hunza.
Modern Sora was founded on August 12, 1556 by Tomás Gualba Castellanos.[1]