Cucaita
title: "Cucaita" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-boyacá-department", "populated-places-established-in-1556", "1556-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucaita" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cucaita |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Cucaita Boyaca 07.JPG |
| image_caption | View of Cucaita |
| image_flag | Flag of Cucaita (Boyacá).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Cucaita.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Cucaita.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Cucaita in the Boyacá Department of Colombia |
| pushpin_mapsize | 300 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Colombia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Boyacá Department |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Central Boyacá Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Marcos Daniel Borda Parra |
| (2024-2027) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 12 August 1556 |
| founder | Juan de Los Barrios |
| area_total_km2 | 43.58 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 4687 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 1905 |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2650 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Etymology
The name Cucaita is derived from Chibcha and means either "Seminary enclosure" or "Shade of the farming fields".
History
The area of Cucaita in the times before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Cucaita was ruled by the zaque of nearby Hunza.
Modern Cucaita was founded on August 12, 1556 by friar Juan de Los Barrios.
Economy
Main economical activities of Cucaita are agriculture (predominantly onions and peas), livestock farming and minor carbon mining.
Born in Cucaita
- Rafael Antonio Niño, former professional cyclist
Gallery
File:Cucaita panorámica.JPG|View of Cucaita File:Parque Cucaita Boyaca 09.JPG|Central square File:2 Iglesia de Cucaita.JPG|Church of Cucaita File:1 Altar de la iglesia de Cucaita.JPG|Church interior File:Monumento Rafael Niño Cucaita Boyaca.JPG|Monument to Rafael Antonio Niño File:El desaguadero Boyacá.JPG|Rural Cucaita File:Cucaita Boyaca 06.JPG|Farmfields
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.cucaita-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Cucaita] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-05-29)
- es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Municipalities Boyacá] - Excelsio.net
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