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Boyacá is one of the thirty-two departments that, together with Bogotá, Distrito Capital, form the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Tunja. It is located in the center-east of the country, in the Andean region, bounded on the north by Santander and Norte de Santander, on the northeast by Venezuela and Arauca, on the east by Casanare, on the south by Cundinamarca and on the west by Caldas and Antioquia. It was created during the constitutional reform of the Granadina Confederation on May 22,1858. In the Boyacá territory decisive battles were fought for the independence of Colombia. For this reason, the liberator Simón Bolívar called it "Cradle and Workshop of Liberty" and in his honor the Order of Boyacá was created in 1819.

The name of Boyacá comes from the Muisca word "Boiaca", which means "Region of the Manta Real "or" Cercado del Cacique ", which is derived etymologically from the words boy and ca. This name was given to the department in 1821 by the congress of Cúcuta, in honor of the Boyacá River, in which it is located. The bridge where the most decisive battle for the independence of Colombia was fought Before the Congress of Cúcuta, the jurisdiction of the current department was part of the province of Tunja, receiving the same name from its capital city, Tunja.