| Viracachá | |
| 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: | Gregorio Rodríguez Soler (2020-2023) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 15 February 1556 |
| Area Total Km2: | 68 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 1 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 3222 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 374 |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 2520 |
| Website: | Official website |
Viracachá is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, Colombia, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Viracachá is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at 22km (14miles) from the department capital Tunja and the small urban center at 2520m (8,270feet) above sea level. Other parts of Viracachá reach 3200m (10,500feet). The municipality borders Siachoque, Rondón and Soracá in the north and east, in the south Ciénega and Ciénega, Soracá and Ramiriquí in the west.[1]
About the name Viracachá exist different interpretations. One interpretation says the name is derived from Quechua and means "air of the lake".[1] Another attributes it to Chibcha meaning "lord of the enclosure of the wind".[2] [3]
In the centuries before the Spanish conquest Viracachá was inhabited by the Muisca, organized in their loose Muisca Confederation. Due to its proximity to the northern capital Hunza, Viracachá was ruled by the zaque. Modern Viracachá was founded by Dominican missionaries on February 15, 1556.[1]
Viracachá is a rural village where most of the people work in the tertiary sector of services. Also agriculture and chicken farming is executed. The town does not have a bank.[1]