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Sutamarchán

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Country
  
Founded
  
14 December 1556

Website
  
Official website

Area
  
102 km²

Population
  
5,916 (2015)

Department
  
Boyacá Department

Founded by
  
Antonio de Santana

Elevation
  
1,800 m

Local time
  
Saturday 11:29 AM

Province
  
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Time zone
  
Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)

Weather
  
21°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 61% Humidity

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

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.

Since June 15, 2004 a Tomatina festival, like the famous original in Buñol, Spain, is celebrated in Sutamarchán.

Born in Sutamarchán

  • Pedro González (humorist)
  • References

    Sutamarchán Wikipedia


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