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Sutamarchán
Municipality and town
Central square and church of Sutamarchán
Central square and church of Sutamarchán
Flag of Sutamarchán
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Location of the municipality and town of Sutamarchán in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
Location of the municipality and town of Sutamarchán in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
Country  Colombia
Department Boyacá Department
Province Ricaurte Province
Founded 14 December 1556
Founded by Antonio de Santana
Area
 • Municipality and town 102 km2 (39 sq mi)
 • Urban
8 km2 (3 sq mi)
Elevation
1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Municipality and town 5,916
 • Density 58.00/km2 (150.2/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,352
Time zone UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Website Official website: http://www.sutamarchan-boyaca.gov.co/

Sutamarchán is a town and municipality in the Ricaurte Province, part of the department of Boyacá of Colombia. Sutamarchán is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at 44 kilometres (27 mi) from the department capital Tunja. It borders Santa Sofía in the north, Sáchica and Villa de Leyva in the east, Saboyá in the west and Ráquira and Tinjacá in the south.

Etymology

The name Sutamarchán is derived from the Chibcha sovereign Suta and Spanish marchán: "Merchant of the sovereign Suta". Marchán refers to Pedro Merchan de Velasco, who was an 18th-century encomendero of Suta.

History

Sutamarchán in the times before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organized in their loose Muisca Confederation. Sutamarchán was ruled by the zaque of Hunza.

Modern Sutamarchán was founded on December 14, 1556, by Antonio de Santana.

Economy

The main economical activities of Sutamarchán are agriculture, livestock farming and tourism. Among the agricultural products potatoes, onions, tomatoes, barley, maize, grapes and the Colombian fruit curuba are cultivated. The town is famous for its longaniza sausages. Tourism is mainly religious; tourists visit the Santo Ecce Homo Convent.

Since June 15, 2004, a Tomatina festival, like the famous original in Buñol, Spain, is celebrated in Sutamarchán.

Born in Sutamarchán

  • Pedro González (humorist)

Gallery

  • Sutamarchan parque

    Church and central square

  • Tomatina sutamarchan

    Tomatina festival Sutamarchán

  • Tomatina Colombia

    Tomatina festival

  • UBICACION DE SUTAMARCHAN

    Touristic map of Sutamarchán and surroundings

  • Monasterio Santo ecce-homo - Exterior

    Santo Ecce Homo Convent

  • Vista interior No11 del Convento del Santo Ecce Homo. Boyacá

    Santo Ecce Homo Convent

  • Vista interior No5 del Convento del Santo Ecce Homo. Boyacá

    Santo Ecce Homo Convent interior

  • Piso de fósiles del Convento del Santo Ecce Homo. Bopyacá

    Floor with fossils in the Convent

Panoramas

Cemetery of the Santo Ecce Homo Convent, Sutamarchán
Snake fossil in the Santo Ecce Homo Convent, Sutamarchán

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Sutamarchán para niños

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