Guayatá

Guayatá is a town and municipality in the Eastern Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Guayatá is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at distances of 129 kilometres (80 mi) from the department capital Tunja and 132 kilometres (82 mi) from the national capital Bogotá. The urban centre is located at an altitude of 1,767 metres (5,797 ft) and the altitude ranges from 1,270 metres (4,170 ft) to 3,080 metres (10,100 ft).^[1]

Borders

• North with Guateque
• West with Manta, Cundinamarca
• South with Gachetá and Ubalá, Cundinamarca
• East with Somondoco and Chivor

Etymology

The name Guayatá comes from Chibcha and is either a combination of tá; "land over there" or "farmfields" and Guaya, a creek running through Tenza or from Guaitá; "domain of the female cacique".^[1][2]

History

In the times before the

At the time of the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores, in Guayatá money was found that consisted of small pieces of cloth, gold or emeralds. The golden disks used as money were not decorated yet plain. Knowledge about the Muisca in the early colonial period has been provided by friar Pedro Simón.^[1]

Modern Guayatá was founded on April 6, 1821, by Andrés José Medina Narciso; months before the dissolution of the Spanish colonial period and independence of the

• Roberto "Pajarito" Buitrago, former professional cyclist

References

4°58′N 73°29′W / 4.967°N 73.483°W / 4.967; -73.483