Samacá is a town and municipality in the Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

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:...

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Name

Samacá original name came from the chibcha a native language of area. Samaca was a small village before the conquest. "Sa", means noble.”Ma“is a proper name, and ”Cá“ wall, or sovereign royal mansion". The valley of Samaca, also is wll known with the native name of lake of "Camsicá” o “Valley of the Lake”, Samaca was settlement of grand Lake and around the lake were three Indians towns called Patagüí, Foaca y Samacá.

Economy

The most important activities are farming, cattle, and mining. Samaca produce potatoes, peas, corn, and beet. Coal mining is one the mayor industry. Most of the production of mining is exported. Samaca has a potelcial of grow; in the last decade the business has rise tremendously. Samaca is open to international investment.