Tenza

Tenza () is a town and municipality in the subregion of the Eastern Boyacá Province of the Colombian department Boyacá. Tenza borders La Capilla and Pachavita in the north, in the east the department of Cundinamarca, in the south with Sutatenza and in the east with Garagoa. The altitude of the municipality in the Tenza Valley ranges from to .

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Settlement.name: Tenza
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_skyline: Iglesia Tenza.png
Settlement.image_caption: Church of Tenza
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Tenza (Boyacá).svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Boyaca - Tenza.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality and town of Tenza in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Boyacá Department
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Eastern Boyacá Province
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Jose Luis Gómez Alfonso(2020-2023)
Settlement.established_title: Founded

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Wikidata facts

Area: 51
Elevation: 1600
Official website: www.tenza-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
Image: Iglesia Tenza.png

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Commons category: Tenza
inception: 1537-01-01

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Born in Tenza
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== History == Tenza used to be inhabited by the Muisca before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who was looking for emeralds. The village was ruled by the cacique of Cora, loyal to the zaque of Hunza. Modern Tenza was founded during the Spanish conquest of the Muisca by the Jiménez de Quesada, on June 24, Saint John's day, 1537.