Tenza | |
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: | 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 |
Tenza (pronounced as /es/) is a town and municipality in the subregion of the Eastern Boyacá Province of the Colombian department Boyacá. Tenza borders La Capilla and Pachavita in the north, in the east the department of Cundinamarca, in the south with Sutatenza and in the east with Garagoa. The altitude of the municipality in the Tenza Valley ranges from 1600m (5,200feet) to 2200m (7,200feet).[1]
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.[1] Modern Tenza was founded during the Spanish conquest of the Muisca by the Jiménez de Quesada, on June 24, Saint John's day, 1537.[1]
Tenza used to be called Tenazuca, which in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means "going down at night".[2]
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.[1]