History of Iza

bsp;It is said that this office Bochica taught to the natives besides manufacturing warm clothes, have a decent job as a livelihood, as in pre-conquest times Indians bartered sector of blankets, shawls, and other by products other groups, the Sabana salt Bacatá Indian agricultural products Guanes the current Santander, etc.

Since the 1980s, the department instituted the People's contest cutest Boyacá Iza reactivated preserving their traditional values ​​and historical environmental and began a process of beautification of its streets, houses, Parish Church, which preserves the image of the Divine Savior, represented in a supposedly miraculous image found in 1748 in a small stone worshiped today as patron of the town. Pedro Alonso Fonseca Boyacá composed the official anthem and led the formation of the Folk Dance Group, in response to musical fans, the city opened the Centro Cultural Francisco Cristancho Camargo; motivated young leaders in the community as the creation of the Departmental or College Educational Institution Sergio Camargo on land donated by Alejandro Mesa then Grosso strengthened the Municipal Civic Committee formed two decades ago, leaders like William Salamanca Turga, Pedro Martinez T., started a regional folk festivals, in 2008 at the request of the mayor of Victor Hugo Lopez and the Director of Culture Ana Josefa Cristancho institutionalized under the name Colombian Music Festival Cristancho Francisco Camargo. The tourism sector was a major boom in the 90s, thanks to Sunday afternoons program, promoted by the administration of Mayor Barbara Ceron, where gathered artists, artisans, and local merchants.

Iza was graduated in 2000 as Walker Town by the Ministry of Education of Colombia to ensure the education coverage to total school-age population. In 2002 in the administration