Tausa
Sign in to saveTausa () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Tausa is and was an important town on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense due to its salt mine. It was the third most prolific salt deposit for the original inhabitants of the area; the Muisca. Tausa's urban centre is located at an elevation of (other parts of the municipality reach elevations of ) and a distance of from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders San Cayetano, Carmen de Carupa and Sutatausa in the north, Pacho in the west, Sutatausa, Cucunubá and Suesca in the east and in
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tausa is referenced by 323 other articles, and connects out to Muisca people, Muisca rulers and Colombia.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1600 establishments in the Spanish Empire, Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department and Populated places established in 1600.
Its subject is documented across 21 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tausa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Iglesia de Tausa.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Tausa
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tausa (Cundinamarca).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Tausa.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tausa.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cundinamarca
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ubaté Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cundinamarca Department
- Area
- 204
- Elevation
- 3010
- Official website
- www.tausa-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Iglesia de Tausa.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
- Commons category
- Tausa
- inception
- 1600-08-02
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Economy
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
Tausa () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Tausa is and was an important town on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense due to its salt mine. It was the third most prolific salt deposit for the original inhabitants of the area; the Muisca. Tausa's urban centre is located at an elevation of (other parts of the municipality reach elevations of ) and a distance of from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders San Cayetano, Carmen de Carupa and Sutatausa in the north, Pacho in the west, Sutatausa, Cucunubá and Suesca in the east and in the south with Nemocón and Cogua.
== Etymology == The name Tausa comes from Chibcha and means "tribute".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tausa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations