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Sutamarchán

Municipality and town

Central square and church of Sutamarchán

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Location of the municipality and town of Sutamarchán in the Boyacá Department of Colombia

Country

Colombia

Department

Boyacá Department

Province

Ricaurte Province

Founded

14 December 1556

Founded by

Antonio de Santana

Area

• Municipality and town

102 km² (39 sq mi)

• Urban

8 km² (3 sq mi)

Elevation

1,800 m (5,900 ft)

Population

(2015)

• Municipality and town

5,916

• Density

58.00/km² (150.2/sq mi)

• Urban

1,352

Time zone

UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Website

Official website: http://www.sutamarchan-boyaca.gov.co/

Sutamarchán is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the department of Boyacá of Colombia. Sutamarchán is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at 44 kilometres (27 mi) from the department capital Tunja. It borders Santa Sofía in the north, Sáchica and Villa de Leyva in the east, Saboyá in the west and Ráquira and Tinjacá in the south.

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Etymology

The name Sutamarchán is derived from the Chibcha sovereign Suta and Spanish marchán: "Merchant of the sovereign Suta". Marchán refers to Pedro Merchan de Velasco, who was an 18th-century encomendero of Suta.

History

Sutamarchán in the times before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organized in their loose Muisca Confederation. Sutamarchán was ruled by the zaque of Hunza.

Modern Sutamarchán was founded on December 14, 1556, by Antonio de Santana.

Economy

The main economical activities of Sutamarchán are agriculture, livestock farming and tourism. Among the agricultural products potatoes, onions, tomatoes, barley, maize, grapes and the Colombian fruit curuba are cultivated. The town is famous for its longaniza sausages. Tourism is mainly religious; tourists visit the Santo Ecce Homo Convent.