Samacá
title: "Samacá" 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/Samacá" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Samacá |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Samacá Boyacá 03.JPG |
| image_caption | View of Samacá |
| image_flag | Flag of Samacá (Boyacá).svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Samaca.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Samacá 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 | Luis Alberto Aponte Gómez |
| (2020-2023) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1 January 1556 |
| founder | Juan de los Barrios |
| area_total_km2 | 172.9 |
| area_urban_km2 | 1.2 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 19907 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 5908 |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2660 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Samacá is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. It borders Cucaita, Tunja and Ventaquemada in the east, Ráquira in the west, Sáchica, Sora and Cucaita in the north and Ventaquemada, Ráquira and Guachetá, Cundinamarca in the south.
Etymology
Samacá's original name came from the Chibcha native language of the area. Samacá was a small village before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. Sa is a noble title; Ma is a proper name; Cá means a sovereign enclosure.
History
Samacá began as a settlement of a large lagoon which was known by the native name of "Lake of Cansicá" or "Valley of the Lake" (la laguna de Cansicá). Around the lagoon were three native settlements called Patagüy, Foacá and Sáchica. Samacá was ruled by the zaque of nearby Hunza and the modern town was founded on January 1, 1556 by Juan de los Barrios.
Economy
The most important activities are farming, cattle, and mining. Samacá produces potatoes, peas, corn, and beet. Coal mining is the largest industry and most of the production of coal is exported. Samacá has a potential for growth; in the last decade the economy has risen tremendously. Samacá is open to international investment.
Born in Samacá
- Pedro Saúl Morales, former professional cyclist
- Jorge Perry, Colombia's first olympic competitor
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Samacá (Villa Carmen), elevation 2600 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 19.9 |Feb high C = 20.0 |Mar high C = 20.1 |Apr high C = 19.5 |May high C = 19.2 |Jun high C = 18.2 |Jul high C = 17.6 |Aug high C = 17.7 |Sep high C = 18.4 |Oct high C = 19.1 |Nov high C = 19.2 |Dec high C = 19.4 | year high C = 19.1 |Jan mean C = 14.0 |Feb mean C = 14.2 |Mar mean C = 14.4 |Apr mean C = 14.5 |May mean C = 14.4 |Jun mean C = 13.8 |Jul mean C = 13.3 |Aug mean C = 13.3 |Sep mean C = 13.7 |Oct mean C = 14.0 |Nov mean C = 14.1 |Dec mean C = 14.0 | year mean C = 14.0 |Jan low C = 7.4 |Feb low C = 8.4 |Mar low C = 8.9 |Apr low C = 9.4 |May low C = 9.5 |Jun low C = 9.2 |Jul low C = 8.7 |Aug low C = 8.6 |Sep low C = 8.1 |Oct low C = 8.5 |Nov low C = 8.9 |Dec low C = 7.9 | year low C = 8.6 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 29.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 50.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 74.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 83.5 |May precipitation mm = 76.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 39.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 36.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 31.7 |Sep precipitation mm = 47.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 99.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 91.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 42.3 |year precipitation mm = 694.8 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 6 | Feb precipitation days = 8 | Mar precipitation days = 12 | Apr precipitation days = 14 | May precipitation days = 16 | Jun precipitation days = 15 | Jul precipitation days = 16 | Aug precipitation days = 15 | Sep precipitation days = 12 | Oct precipitation days = 16 | Nov precipitation days = 14 | Dec precipitation days = 9 | year precipitation days = 149 | Jan humidity = 77 | Feb humidity = 78 | Mar humidity = 79 | Apr humidity = 81 | May humidity = 81 | Jun humidity = 81 | Jul humidity = 82 | Aug humidity = 82 | Sep humidity = 81 | Oct humidity = 80 | Nov humidity = 81 | Dec humidity = 80 | year humidity = 80 |Jan sun = 220.1 |Feb sun = 183.5 |Mar sun = 173.6 |Apr sun = 144.0 |May sun = 155.0 |Jun sun = 150.0 |Jul sun = 173.6 |Aug sun = 173.6 |Sep sun = 165.0 |Oct sun = 161.2 |Nov sun = 159.0 |Dec sun = 192.2 |year sun = |Jand sun = 7.1 |Febd sun = 6.5 |Mard sun = 5.6 |Aprd sun = 4.8 |Mayd sun = 5.0 |Jund sun = 5.0 |Juld sun = 5.6 |Augd sun = 5.6 |Sepd sun = 5.5 |Octd sun = 5.2 |Novd sun = 5.3 |Decd sun = 6.2 |source 1 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales{{cite web |url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010 |publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales |language=es |access-date=3 June 2024 |url-status=dead}}
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.samaca-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Samacá]{{Dead link. (August 2025)
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