Soracá is a town and municipality in the
Colombian
Department of
Boyacá, part of the subregion of the
Central Boyacá Province. Soracá borders the municipalities of
Chivatá in the north,
Siachoque
Siachoque is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Siachoque is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of from the department capital Tunja. It borders Toca in th ...
,
Viracacha and
Ramiriquí
Ramiriquí is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Márquez Province. Ramiriquí borders the department capital Tunja in the north, in the south Chinavita and Zetaquirá, in the east Ron ...
in the east,
Boyacá in the south and the department capital
Tunja
Tunja () is a city on the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes, in the region known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, 130 km northeast of Bogotá. In 2018 it had a population of 172,548 inhabitants. It is the capital of Boyacá departmen ...
in the west.
[Official website Soracá]
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Etymology
In Chibcha, Soracá means "ruling mansion of the sovereign".
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History
The area of Soracá was part of the '' zacazgo'' of Hunza, presently known as Tunja in the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. The Muisca
The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan langu ...
inhabiting the Altiplano Cundiboyacense
The Altiplano Cundiboyacense () is a high plateau located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes covering parts of the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá. The altiplano corresponds to the ancient territory of the Muisca. The Alt ...
and their confederation
A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issu ...
were an advanced civilization who spoke Chibcha
The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan lan ...
. In the 1530s the Spanish conquistadores led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada entered the territories of the Muisca.
Economy
Main economical activities in Soracá are dairy production, mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic ...
and production of bricks.[
]
Born in Soracá
* Graciano Fonseca, professional cyclist
Gallery
File:Soraca Near.JPG, View of Soracá
File:Soraca panoramic.JPG, Soracá
File:Soraca detalle.JPG, Soracá
File:Soracá centro de Salud.JPG, Medical center
File:Soracá parque.JPG, Central park
File:Soraca Rural.JPG, Rural part of Soracá
References
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Municipalities of Boyacá Department
Populated places established in 1776
1776 establishments in the Spanish Empire
Muisca Confederation
Muysccubun