Tutazá | |
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: | Tundama Province |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jhon Alexander Ortiz Sissa (2020-2023) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 6 October 1849 |
Area Total Km2: | 135 |
Area Urban Km2: | 35 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 1890 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 195 |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 2700 |
Website: | Official website |
Tutazá or Tutasá, is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the Tundama Province, a subregion of Boyacá. Tutazá borders the municipalities Belén, Paz de Río, Sativasur and Sativanorte of the department of Boyacá and Onzaga and Coromoro of the department of Santander.[1]
Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Tutazá was ruled by a cacique called Tutazúa. He was loyal to the cacique Tundama from the city with the same name, currently known as Duitama. In the Chibcha language of the Muisca Tutaz(u)á means "Son of the Sun".[2]
Although the village was already visited by missionaries from the 17th century, the official foundation was on October 6, 1849.[1] Simón Bolívar visited Tutazá on July 18, 1819.[1]
Main economical activity of the small village are agriculture (potatoes, maize, beans, peas, barley and wheat) and livestock farming.[1]