MACANAL, BOYACÁ

The origins of the founding of Macanal date back to 1776, when the inhabitants of the El Volador area of ​​the municipality of Garagoa were striving for independence through the creation of a parish. Only 24 years later, their dream came true when Viceroy Antonio Amar y Borbón, after studying the documents and the petition, decreed the establishment of the parish on May 4, 1807, at a site known as Macanal, with the title of San Pedro de Alcántara. The linguistic origin of Macanal is derived from "Macana," which means "club," a combat mace used by the Aboriginal people. The newly established settlement was founded in the middle of a pasture known as Macanal (a place with abundant macana palm species, whose stem was used as a club due to its hardness). Macanal is located in the southeast of Boyacá, in the idyllic Tenza Valley, which encompasses the provinces of Neira, Oriente, Lengupa, and the Almeida region in Cundinamarca. Located 150 kilometers from Bogotá and 105 ...