Busbanzá
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Busbanzá () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Busbanzá is part of the Tundama Province, a subregion of Boyacá. Busbanzá is located at from Sogamoso. It borders Betéitiva in the north, in the east and south Corrales and in the west Floresta.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Busbanzá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- BusbanzaPlaza.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Park and chapel Busbanzá
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Busbanzá (Boyacá).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Busbanzá.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Boyaca - Busbanza.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Busbanzá in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Boyacá Department
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tundama Province
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Wyllan Orlando Peñaloza Albarracín(2020–2023)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Boyacá Department
- Area
- 22.5
- Elevation
- 2472
- Official website
- www.busbanza-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- BusbanzaPlaza.jpg
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- inception
- 1602-01-01
- Commons category
- Busbanzá
- language of work or name
- Chibchan
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Busbanzá () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Busbanzá is part of the Tundama Province, a subregion of Boyacá. Busbanzá is located at from Sogamoso. It borders Betéitiva in the north, in the east and south Corrales and in the west Floresta.
== History == The first inhabitants of Busbanzá settled there from the Eastern Llanos near a former lake. They were the ancestors of the Muisca of Busbanzá and organized themselves in the cacicazgos of the Iraka Valley, together with Gámeza, Tobasía, Firavitoba, Iza, Pesca, Toca, Tota, Yaconí, Guaquira, Monquirá. According to the religion of the Muisca, it was bearded messenger god Bochica who educated the people to organize themselves in a theocracy. He allegedly ordered the leaders of Busbanzá, Gámeza, Pesca and Toca to choose a new ruler and priest for the Sun Temple in Sogamoso alternating between caciques of Firavitoba and Tobasía.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Busbanzá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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