Tausa
title: "Tausa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1600", "1600-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "populated-places-of-the-muisca-confederation"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tausa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tausa |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Iglesia de Tausa.jpg |
| image_caption | Church of Tausa |
| image_flag | Flag of Tausa (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Tausa.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tausa.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia |
| pushpin_map | Colombia |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Colombia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Flag of Cundinamarca.svg Cundinamarca |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Ubaté Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Jaime Alexander Rodríguez Ballen |
| (2016-2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 2 August 1600 |
| area_total_km2 | 204 |
| area_urban_km2 | 2 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 8801 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 1058 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2931 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Etymology
The name Tausa comes from Chibcha and means "tribute".
History
Tausa was inhabited since the Herrera Period. The town was an important mining location of halite for the Muisca. The zipa of Bacatá ruled over Tausa. The mining activities can be seen in the seal of the village; the pick and spade.
Modern Tausa was founded on August 2, 1600.
Economy
Main sources of income of Tausa are agriculture, livestock farming and salt mining.
References
Bibliography
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.tausa-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tausa]{{Dead link. (August 2025)
- Espejo Olaya, 1999, p.1124
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