Sutatausa
Municipality and town
Street in Sutatausa
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Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
Sutatausa Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 5°14′50″N 73°51′9″W / 5.24722°N 73.85250°W / 5.24722; -73.85250
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Province	Ubaté Province
Founded	24 June 1537
Founded by	Hernán Pérez de Quesada
Government
• Mayor	Hugo Orlando Santa Rodríguez (2016-2019)
Area
•  Municipality and town	67 km2 (26 sq mi)
Elevation	2,550 m (8,370 ft)
Population  (2015)
•  Municipality and town	5,564
• Density	83/km2 (220/sq mi)
•  Urban	1,743
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Website	Official website

Sutatausa (Spanish pronunciation: [sutaˈtawsa]) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of 88 kilometres (55 mi) from the capital Bogotá and borders Ubaté in the north, Tausa in the south, Cucunubá in the east and Carmen de Carupa and Tausa in the west. ^[1]

Etymology

The name Sutatausa comes from Chibcha and means "small tribute". ^[1]

History

The area of Sutatause before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Sutatausa was ruled by the zipa based in Muyquytá.

Modern Sutatausa was founded on June 24 (Saint John's day), 1537 by Hernán Pérez de Quesada, brother of conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, who on the same day founded Tenza. ^[1]

Economy

Main economical activities of Sutatausa are agriculture, dairy farming and small-scale mining. Tourism is also an important factor of income. ^[1]

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