Saboyá | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
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: | Western Boyacá Province |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Jeferson Leonardo Ortiz Sanabria (2020–2023) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 4 October 1556 |
Area Total Km2: | 246.9 |
Area Urban Km2: | 0.1 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 12372 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 789 |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 2600 |
Website: | Official website |
Saboyá is a town and municipality in the Western Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá.[1]
Saboyá in Chibcha means "Taste for the mantles".[2]
Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca on the central highlands of the Colombian Andes, Saboyá was ruled by a cacique with the same name.
The first encomendero of Saboyá was Pedro de Galeano, brother of Martín Galeano and soldier in the army of Hernán Pérez de Quesada, brother of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Modern Saboyá was founded on October 4, 1556.[1]
Simón Bolívar visited Saboyá on three occasions: January 2, 1821, September 6, 1827 and June 9, 1828.[1]
Main economical activities in Saboyá are agriculture and livestock farming. Among the agricultural products potatoes, maize and the fruits curuba, blackberries, tree tomatoes and strawberries are cultivated.[1]