Ventaquemada, Municipality in Central Boyacá Province, Colombia.
Ventaquemada is a municipality in central Boyacá Province located on a mountainous landscape at around 2,700 meters elevation. The area features agricultural fields and Andean plateaus that shape the terrain and settlement pattern.
The municipality was founded by Manuel Antonio Flórez on December 17, 1777, during the Spanish colonial period when settlements were expanding through the Andean region. This founding established the basic structure that still shapes how the community is organized today.
People here maintain farming traditions passed down through generations, working the mountain soil to grow food for their families and the region. You see this way of life reflected in how the fields are organized and how the community moves through the seasons.
The municipality sits about 15 kilometers from Tunja and connects to major transportation routes linking it with other centers in Boyacá. Getting around requires traveling along mountain roads that connect the town to neighboring settlements and the department.
The name comes from the Chibcha language of indigenous people and shows how colonial and native cultures blended here in the Andes. This naming reflects how both groups left marks on the place that visitors can trace in the community today.
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