Sora, Boyacá
title: "Sora, Boyacá" 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/Sora,_Boyacá" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sora |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Municipio de Sora.JPG |
| image_caption | Central square of Sora |
| image_flag | Bandera de Sora Boyacá.png |
| image_seal | Escudo Municipio de Sora.png |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Sora.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Sora 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 | Flavio Hernán Largo Durán |
| (2020-2023) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 12 August 1556 |
| founder | Tomás Gualba Castellanos |
| area_total_km2 | 42 |
| area_urban_km2 | 1.08 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 3025 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 499 |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2650 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Sora is a town and municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. Sora borders Motavita and Chíquiza in the north, Cucaita and Samacá in the south, Motavita and department capital Tunja in the east and Sáchica and Chíquiza in the west.
Etymology
The name Sora comes from Chibcha and means "Devil worshipper".
History
In the times before the Spanish conquest, the area of Sora was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Sora was under the rule of the zaque from nearby Hunza.
Modern Sora was founded on August 12, 1556 by Tomás Gualba Castellanos.
Born in Sora
- Mauricio Neiza, professional cyclist
Gallery
File:Pila de sora.JPG|Central square File:Sora Boyaca 05.jpg|View of Sora File:El desaguadero Boyacá.JPG|Border of Sora, Cucaita and Samacá File:Sora Boyacá Cultivos.JPG|Farm fields in rural Sora
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.sora-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Sora]
- {{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Sora] - Excelsio.net
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