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Busbanzá
Busbanzá () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Departments of Colombia, Department of Boyacá Department, Boyacá. Busbanzá is part of the Tundama Province, a subregion of Boyacá. Busbanzá is located at from Sogamoso. It borders Betéitiva in the north, in the east and south Corrales, Boyacá, Corrales and in the west Floresta, Boyacá, Floresta.Official website Busbanzá - accessed 07-05-2016 History The first inhabitants of Busbanzá settled there from the Orinoquía natural region, Eastern Llanos near a former lake. They were the ancestors of the Muisca people, Muisca of Busbanzá and organized themselves in the ''cacique, cacicazgos'' of the Iraka Valley, together with Gámeza, Floresta, Boyacá, Tobasía, Firavitoba, Iza, Boyacá, Iza ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraka Valley
The ''iraca'', sometimes spelled ''iraka'',Ocampo López, 2013, Ch.12, p.77Ocampo López, 2013, Ch.14, p.85 was the Muisca rulers, ruler and high priest of Sogamoso, Sugamuxi in the Muisca Confederation, confederation of the Muisca people, Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense; the central highlands of the Colombian Andes. ''Iraca'' can also refer to the Iraka Valley over which they ruled. Important List of Muisca scholars, scholars who wrote about the ''iraca'' were Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Alexander von Humboldt and Ezequiel Uricoechea. Background In the centuries before the Spanish conquistadores entered central Colombia in the 1530s, the valleys of the Cordillera Oriental (Colombia), Eastern Ranges were ruled by four main leaders and several independent ''caciques''. The northern territories were ruled by the ''zaque'' from Tunja, Hunza, the present-day capital of Boyacá Department, Boyacá departments of Colombia, department and the southern area under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Colombia
The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Colombia, Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia, with 1,104 municipality, municipalities (''municipios''). Each one of them is led by a mayor (''alcalde'') elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments. The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the ''Federación Colombiana de Municipios'' (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the Colombian Constitution of 1991, constitutional Freedom of association, right to free association to defend their common interests. Categories Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
