Tópaga

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Tópaga (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a town and municipality in the Sugamuxi Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. Tópaga is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban center at an altitude of Script error: No such module "convert". while the topography varies over the municipality from Script error: No such module "convert". to Script error: No such module "convert".. It borders Nobsa and Corrales in the west, in the east Mongua and Gámeza, in the north Gámeza and in the south Monguí and Sogamoso. Department capital Tunja is Script error: No such module "convert". away. Chicamocha River flows through Tópaga.[1]

Etymology

The name Tópaga comes from Chibcha and means "Behind father river".[2]

History

Before the Spanish conquest, Tópaga was inhabited by the Muisca. The village was ruled by a cacique with the same name as the village, loyal to the iraca of Sugamuxi. The iraca was educated by messenger god Bochica according to the religion of the Muisca.[1]

Modern Tópaga was founded in 1593 by Álvaro Leiva.[1]

Economy

Main economical activity of Tópaga is coal mining, used to produce electrical energy.[1]

Gallery

Panorama

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