Cucaita

Cucaita
Municipality and town
View of Cucaita
View of Cucaita
Flag of Cucaita
Official seal of Cucaita
Location of the municipality and town of Cucaita in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
Location of the municipality and town of Cucaita in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
Country Colombia
DepartmentBoyacá Department
ProvinceCentral Boyacá Province
Founded12 August 1556
Founded byJuan de Los Barrios
Government
 • MayorJosé Moisés Castillo Duarte
(2020-2023)
Area
 • Municipality and town43.58 km2 (16.83 sq mi)
Elevation
2,650 m (8,690 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Municipality and town4,687
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,905
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
WebsiteOfficial website

Cucaita is a municipality in the Central Boyacá Province, part of Boyacá Department, Colombia. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the department capital Tunja. Cucaita borders Sora in the north, Tunja in the east and south and Samacá in the south and west.[1]

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Cucaita Archived 2015-05-29 at archive.today