Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Boyacá
Municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Santa Rosa de Viterbo is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the Tundama Province, a subregion of Boyacá.
Santa Rosa de Viterbo | |
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Municipality and town | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Boyacá Department |
Province | Tundama Province |
Government | |
• Mayor | Wilson Ricardo Báez Solano (2020-2023) |
Elevation | 2,753 m (9,032 ft) |
Population (Census 2018[1]) | |
• Total | 11,329 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Viterbite, not a mineral but a mixture of allophane and wavellite, occurs in and was named after this municipality.
Santa Rosa de Viterbo was founded by the Spanish in 1689. Three priests petitioned the Archbishop of Santa Fe for resources to found the parish of Santa Rosa de Viterbo. A mayor was appointed in 1690; the first being José de los Reyes.
In the year 1810, a meteorite fell in Santa Rosa, and it was discovered by a farmer of the town. The mayor decided to place it in the middle of the town, in front of the church. A hundred years later, the president Rafael Reyes decided to take it to Bogotá. There it was divided in two big parts; one of the parts stayed in Bogotá, and the other is currently in a museum in Chicago.
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