Mongua
title: "Mongua" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-boyacá-department", "populated-places-established-in-1977", "populated-places-of-the-muisca-confederation"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-boyaca-department" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongua" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mongua |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Parque de Mongua.JPG |
| image_caption | Central square of Mongua |
| image_flag | Flag of Mongua (Boyacá).svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Mongua.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Mongua 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 | Sugamuxi Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Marco Fidel Silva Rojas |
| (2020-2023) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 4 November 1977 |
| area_total_km2 | 365.5 |
| area_urban_km2 | 13.79 |
| population_as_of | 2005 |
| population_total | 4717 |
| population_urban | 1628 |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2975 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Mongua is a town and municipality in Sugamuxi Province in the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Mongua is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at altitudes between 1400 m and 4000 m. The municipality borders Gámeza, Socotá, Pisba, Labranzagrande, Aquitania, Sogamoso, Monguí and Tópaga.
History
In the centuries before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors, the central highlands of Colombia (Altiplano Cundiboyacense) were inhabited by the Muisca. Mongua was part of the rule of the iraca of Sugamuxi. According to the Muisca religion, the messenger god Bochica traveled to Gámeza and took shelter in a cave called Toy´ña. The cacique of Mongua brought him gifts in the cave.
Mongua in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means either "bath on the hill", or "land of the rising Sun".
Economy
Main economical activities in Mongua are agriculture (predominantly potatoes) and coal mining.
Gallery
File:Parque de Mongua 4.JPG|Central square File:Laguna Negra, Mongua, Boyacá 2.JPG|Laguna negra ("black lake") File:Laguna Negra, Mongua, Boyacá 4.JPG|Laguna negra File:Cascada Laguna Negra, Mongua, Boyacá.JPG|Laguna negra waterfall
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.mongua-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml#1 Official website Mongua] - accessed 06-05-2016
- {{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Mongua] - accessed 06-05-2016
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