Tibasosa
title: "Tibasosa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-boyacá-department", "populated-places-established-in-1778", "1778-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "populated-places-of-the-muisca-confederation"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibasosa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tibasosa |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Destellos en Navidad.JPG |
| image_caption | Church of Tibasosa with Christmas |
| image_flag | Flag of Tibasosa (Boyacá).svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Tibasosa.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Tibasosa 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 | Gloria Cecilia Palacios Guastar |
| (2020-2023) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 19 December 1778 |
| founder | Manuel Antonio Flores |
| area_total_km2 | 94.3 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 14063 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 4766 |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2538 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Tibasosa () is a municipality in the Sugamuxi Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Tibasosa borders Duitama and Nobsa in the north, Nobsa and Sogamoso in the east, Firavitoba in the south and Paipa in the west.
Etymology
The name Tibasosa comes from Chibcha and means "Chief of the domain".
History
In the time before the Spanish conquest, Tibasosa was part of the Muisca Confederation, ruled by a cacique who was loyal to Tundama and the high priest iraca of Sugamuxi. The discovery and conquest of the lands of this municipality took place in 1537 when Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada en route to the Sun Temple entered the Iraca Valley.
On December 19, 1778 the Viceroy Manuel Antonio Flórez issued a decree founding the town of Tibasosa, he named a mayor to govern the town. In those days, people from distant lands settled in this village for its climate, also several families of distinguished Spanish origin arrived. Witness to this are the still existing colonial two-story houses with elegant balconies.
Tibasosa acceded in 1781 to the Movement Comunero of Socorro and San Gil, the first uprising in the independence of Colombia. The army left the village to join the troops of general Juan Francisco Berbeo of Zipaquirá.
The population of Tibasosa helped also with the pro-independence cause on the day of the Battle of Vargas Swamp. In Tibasosa Inocencio Chincá died, after being wounded in the battle. On March 30, 1820 Simón Bolívar visited Tibasosa, heading towards Santa Rosa de Viterbo.
Economy
Main economical activities of Tibasosa are dairy farming, agriculture and on a lesser scale mining. Agricultural products include wheat, potatoes, maize, barley, arracacha, ruba, ibia, turnips, peas, beans, onions, apples, pears, prunes, oranges, peaches, cherries, figs and Colombian fruits as feijoa, chirimoya, guama, cañahuate and mortiño. The daily milk production of Tibasosa was 22,000 liters in February 2016.
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Tibasosa (San Rafael), elevation 2548 m, (1971–2000) |Jan high C = 22.3 |Feb high C = 22.5 |Mar high C = 22.3 |Apr high C = 21.7 |May high C = 21.1 |Jun high C = 20.6 |Jul high C = 20.3 |Aug high C = 20.5 |Sep high C = 20.7 |Oct high C = 21.1 |Nov high C = 21.4 |Dec high C = 21.9 | year high C = 21.4 |Jan mean C = 15.3 |Feb mean C = 15.6 |Mar mean C = 15.7 |Apr mean C = 15.7 |May mean C = 15.6 |Jun mean C = 15.2 |Jul mean C = 14.7 |Aug mean C = 14.8 |Sep mean C = 14.9 |Oct mean C = 15.1 |Nov mean C = 15.4 |Dec mean C = 15.1 | year mean C = 15.3 |Jan low C = 5.8 |Feb low C = 6.6 |Mar low C = 7.8 |Apr low C = 8.9 |May low C = 9.2 |Jun low C = 8.2 |Jul low C = 7.2 |Aug low C = 7.1 |Sep low C = 7.3 |Oct low C = 8.0 |Nov low C = 8.4 |Dec low C = 6.9 | year low C = 7.6 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 24.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 42.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 74.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 114.1 |May precipitation mm = 109.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 62.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 47.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 50.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 73.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 111.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 96.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 37.5 |year precipitation mm = 843.8 | Jan precipitation days = 7 | Feb precipitation days = 9 | Mar precipitation days = 13 | Apr precipitation days = 18 | May precipitation days = 19 | Jun precipitation days = 14 | Jul precipitation days = 18 | Aug precipitation days = 15 | Sep precipitation days = 16 | Oct precipitation days = 18 | Nov precipitation days = 16 | Dec precipitation days = 10 | year precipitation days = 173 | Jan humidity = 69 | Feb humidity = 70 | Mar humidity = 72 | Apr humidity = 76 | May humidity = 77 | Jun humidity = 75 | Jul humidity = 73 | Aug humidity = 74 | Sep humidity = 75 | Oct humidity = 75 | Nov humidity = 75 | Dec humidity = 73 | year humidity = 74 |Jan sun = 198.4 |Feb sun = 161.1 |Mar sun = 158.1 |Apr sun = 120.0 |May sun = 120.9 |Jun sun = 132.0 |Jul sun = 155.0 |Aug sun = 142.6 |Sep sun = 132.0 |Oct sun = 133.3 |Nov sun = 147.0 |Dec sun = 186.0 |year sun = |Jand sun = 6.4 |Febd sun = 5.7 |Mard sun = 5.1 |Aprd sun = 4.0 |Mayd sun = 3.9 |Jund sun = 4.4 |Juld sun = 5.0 |Augd sun = 4.6 |Sepd sun = 4.4 |Octd sun = 4.3 |Novd sun = 4.9 |Decd sun = 6.0 |yeard sun = |source 1 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales{{cite web |url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/21789/PROMEDIOS+ACTUALES_71-00tablas.xls/fa837392-e28c-438b-819c-22770c6e03be |title=Promedios Climatológicos 1971–2000 |publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales |language=es |access-date= 25 June 2024
Gallery
File:Tibasosa Parque.JPG|Central square File:Casa de la Cultura- Tibasosa.JPG|Cultural centre File:Tibasosa.jpg|Church
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.tibasosa-boyaca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tibasosa] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-06-04)
- {{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Tibasosa] - Excelsio.net
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