Tutazá

Also known as Tutaza

Tutazá or Tutasá, is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the Tundama Province, a subregion of Boyacá. Tutazá borders the municipalities Belén, Paz de Río, Sativasur and Sativanorte of the department of Boyacá and Onzaga and Coromoro of the department of Santander.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tutazá
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Tutazá.svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Boyaca - Tutaza.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality and town of Tutazá 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

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History
Economy
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== History == Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Tutazá was ruled by a cacique called Tutazúa. He was loyal to the cacique Tundama from the city with the same name, currently known as Duitama. In the Chibcha language of the Muisca Tutaz(u)á means "Son of the Sun".