History

The municipality was founded on May 9, 1539 by Pedro Ruiz Corredor.
Before the Spanish conquest of the territory was boyacense chibcha seat of civilization, which in its manifestations of social, cultural and productive was the most developed country. Having conquered America, the government was exercised by the Governor General directly appointed by the king. After several centuries of Spanish rule, and after arduous and heroic battles are ultimately won freedom in the Battle of Boyacá

Battle of Boyacá

The Battle of Boyacá in Colombia, then known as New Granada, was the battle in which Colombia acquired its definitive independence from Spanish Monarchy, although fighting with royalist forces would continue for years....

, where on August 7, 1819 troops under the command of the Liberator Simon Bolivar

Simón Bolívar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...

 were imposed over the Spanish. The Constitution of Cúcuta

Cúcuta

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 in 1821 divided the country into departments, those in the provinces, counties and provinces in the latter in parishes and began his life as an administrative entity department Boyacá

Boyacá

Boyacá is the name of a region in Colombia. It may refer to any of:* Boyacá Department* Boyacá Department * Boyacá River* Boyacá Municipality* Battle of Boyacá* Boyacá Chicó F.C.* Boyacá Avenue an avenue in Bogotá...

 composed of the provinces of Tunja

Tunja

Tunja is a city and municipality located in the central part of Colombia, in the region of "Alto Chicomocha". As of the 2005 Census it had 152,419 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Department of Boyacá and part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. It is approximately 145 km...

, Pamplona, ​​Socorro and Casanare

Casanare

* Casanare Department a subdivision of the country of Colombia* Los Llanos del Casanare a province of the Viceroyalty of New Granada* Casanare River a tributary of the Meta River in Colombia* Casanare, Colombia a city in Colombia on the Casanare River...

. By Act of June 15, 1857, Boyacá

Boyacá

Boyacá is the name of a region in Colombia. It may refer to any of:* Boyacá Department* Boyacá Department * Boyacá River* Boyacá Municipality* Battle of Boyacá* Boyacá Chicó F.C.* Boyacá Avenue an avenue in Bogotá...

 gained its inception as a sovereign state consisting of the provinces of Tunja, Tundama, Casanare, the cantons of Chiquinquirá

Chiquinquirá

Chiquinquirá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. Located some 115 km north of Bogotá, Chiquinquirá is 2570m above sea level and has a yearly average temperature 58°F....

 and Velez

Velez

- Places :* Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, Spain* Vélez de Benaudalla, Spain* Vélez Sársfield , Buenos Aires, Argentina* Vélez-Blanco, Spain* Vélez-Málaga, Spain* Vélez-Rubio, Spain* Vélez, Santander, Colombia- Sports clubs :...

; as Act of October 31 of that year created four departments, 42 districts Tunja, Tundama 46, Casanare and East 21 6. Using the Constitution of Rionegro in 1863 the administrative divisions of Boyacá suffered various modifications and according to Law 10 of that year adopted a new division in 6 departments: Casanare, Tundama, North, West, East and Centre. The Constitution of 1886, centralist, divided the country into departments, those in the provinces and municipalities, provinces, the provinces were abolished in 1911 by Executive Decree No. 306 and several towns were segregated will be the Arauca police station and thereafter the municipalities in the Orinoco region of Casanare formed the quartermaster, and its newly annexed territory Boyacá department until 1973 when it split off again.
Oicatá is a town and municipality in the Colombia

Colombia

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n Department

Departments of Colombia

Colombia is an unitary republic formed by thirty-two departments and a Capital District . Each department has a Governor and a Department Assembly , elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods...

 of Boyacá

Boyacá Department

Boyacá is one of the 32 Departments of Colombia, and the remnant of one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end...

, part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province

Central Boyacá Province

The Central Boyacá Province is a subregion of the Colombian Department of Boyacá. The subsregion is formed by 15 municipalities.-Municipalities:...

.