Firavitoba | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Twilight over Firavitoba | |
.svg) Flag  Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town of Firavitoba in the Boyacá Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 5°40′10″N 72°59′37″W / 5.66944°N 72.99361°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Boyacá Department |
| Province | Sugamuxi Province |
| Founded | There is no fixed date 1634 - 1781 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Emiliano Alfonso Chaparro Fonseca (2020–2023) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 109.9 km2 (42.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,490 m (8,170 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,730 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
Firavitoba is a town and municipality in Sugamuxi Province, a subregion of the department of Boyacá in Colombia.
Before Spanish colonization, Firavitoba was part of the Muisca Confederation of the Chibcha people in the highlands of the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes. Firavitoba belonged to the Iraca or Suamox state which, uniquely, did not observe a hereditary leadership system but elected its ruler alternately from Firavitoba and Tobasá, two of its many tribes.
Firavitoba is distinguished by its neo-Gothic church, the third biggest in Colombia. Nuestra Señora de las Nieves (Our Lady of the Snows) was built between 1873 and 1976, entirely of stone sourced from nearby Sogamoso's Pedregal district.