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Municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cómbita is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the sub region of the Central Boyacá Province. Cómbita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and borders Arcabuco and the department of Santander in the north, Sotaquirá in the northeast, Tuta and Oicatá in the east, department capital Tunja at 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) away and Motavita in the south and Arcabuco and Motavita in the west.[1]
Cómbita | |
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Municipality and town | |
![]() Church of Cómbita | |
![]() Location of the municipality and town of Cómbita in the Boyacá Department of Colombia. | |
Country | ![]() |
Department | Boyacá Department |
Province | Central Boyacá Province |
Founded | 1586 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Nelson Pérez Suárez (2020-2023) |
Area | |
• Municipality and town | 149 km2 (58 sq mi) |
• Urban | 85.6 km2 (33.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,825 m (9,268 ft) |
Population (2015) | |
• Municipality and town | 14,632 |
• Density | 98/km2 (250/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,107 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Website | Official website |
Cómbita was in the time before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores inhabited by the Muisca, organized in their loose Muisca Confederation. The ruler of the northern Muisca was the zaque of Hunza, modern day Tunja. The cacique of Cómbita was loyal to the zaque.[1]
In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Cómbita means either "Hand of the jaguar and wheel of life" or "Force of the summit".[1][2]
Modern Cómbita was founded in 1586.[3]
The economical activities of Cómbita are agriculture; potatoes, barley, wheat, maize and peas, and livestock farming.[1]
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