Támara | |
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: | Casanare Department |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Leonel Rodríguez gualteros (2016-2019) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 6 August 1628 |
Founder: | José Dadey Pey |
Area Total Km2: | 1181.81 |
Area Urban Km2: | 0.99031 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 7044 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 2327 |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1156 |
Website: | Official website |
Támara is a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia. The urban centre is located at an altitude of 1156m (3,793feet) at a distance of 95km (59miles) from the department capital Yopal. It borders in the north Sacama, in the east Pore and Paz de Ariporo, in the west Socotá of the department of Boyacá and in the south Nunchia and Paya, Boyacá.[1]
Támara before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca was an important cotton producing village.[1]
Modern Támara was founded on August 6, 1628, by José Dadey Pey.[1]
Main economical activities in Támara are agriculture; coffee, yuca, maize, bananas and sugarcane and livestock farming.[1]