Tenza
title: "Tenza" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-boyacá-department"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-boyaca-department" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenza" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tenza |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Iglesia Tenza.png |
| image_caption | Church of Tenza |
| image_flag | Flag of Tenza (Boyacá).svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Tenza.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Tenza 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 | Eastern Boyacá Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Jose Luis Gómez Alfonso |
| (2020-2023) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 24 June 1537 |
| founder | Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela |
| area_total_km2 | 51 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 4112 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 1229 |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 1600 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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History
Tenza used to be inhabited by the Muisca before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who was looking for emeralds. The village was ruled by the cacique of Cora, loyal to the zaque of Hunza. Modern Tenza was founded during the Spanish conquest of the Muisca by the Jiménez de Quesada, on June 24, Saint John's day, 1537.
Tenza used to be called Tenazuca, which in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means "going down at night".
Economy
Livestock farming is the most important activity. The agriculture of Tenza is relatively modest with beans, peas, maize, yuca, arracacha, tomatoes, cucumbers and bananas. Some mining is executed in Tenza.
Born in Tenza
- Juan Morales, former professional cyclist
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.tenza-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tenza] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-06-02 - accessed 07-05-2016)
- {{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Tenza] - accessed 07-05-2016
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